In the past, doctors usually treated disorders of the nervous system by substitution instead of correction, including wheelchairs for walking, braille for text, and sign language for speech. However, as our understanding of the nervous system increases, so does our ability to treat its disorders with neural prostheses that directly stimulate the nervous system. Cochlear implants are one example...

olfaction displays (devices that output scented air) augment data visualization, that is, communicate information relevant to many fields?1 Perhaps incorporating underutilized modalities such as haptics (touch), olfaction, and gustation (taste) as data visualization aids is the next logical step to optimizing human information processing. It seems reasonable that adding the sense of smell to a ...

Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is clearly associated with increased mortality from non-melanoma skin cancer – usually squamous cell carcinoma. However, the association with cutaneous melanoma is unclear from the evidence in ecologic studies, and the few analytic studies that have been published show that high levels of intermittent UV exposure prior to diagnosis are associated with ...