Dr. Jack Tsao, a Navy neurologist with the Uniform Services University, was looking for ways to help soldiers like Paupore. He remembered reading in graduate school a paper by Dr. V.S. Ramachandran that talked about an unusual treatment for amputees suffering “phantom limb pain,” using a simple $20 mirror.The mirror tricks the brain into [...]
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New treatment for phantom limb pain
Posted in Science, US Government, health, military, war, tagged amputee, Dilaudid, Dr. Jack Tsao, Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, illusion, medication, mirror, Navy, neurologist, phantom limb pain, phantom pain, Uniform Services University, Walter Reed Army Medical Center on March 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
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