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Mind-Controlled Arm Allows Finger Wiggling // Non-Opioid Care Improves Outcomes for Those on Opioids for Pain // and More!

Published: April 26, 2016, 7 p.m.

Johns Hopkins researchers are making it possible for patients to\ncontrol fingers of a prosthetic limb in a way never before\npossible! Turns out that patients already taking opioids for pain\nfare better if non-opioid methods are used as well. And a team from\nthe University of Missouri has found that a new biologic method of\nresurfacing a joint results in improved outcomes.