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Some New Hampshire Residents Turn to Massachusetts for Psychiatric Crises
By Dianne Finch on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.This week Catholic Medical Center in Manchester officially closed its inpatient psychiatric unit.
They cited underutilization as the reason for the closure, but several studies reveal rising needs for mental health services in New Hampshire.
The problem is severe enough that many patients are heading to Massachusetts to find the help they need.
NHPR’s Dianne Finch has more.
July 2, 2008
Today on Word of Mouth, we’ll find out about some of the newest inventions being crafted in labs around the country, and we’ll hear how some products that claim to be “green” are anything but. Plus: reviving the promise of electric cars, and a robot that helps perform heart surgery.
(Photo by KQED's QUEST series)
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Human-Inspired Inventions
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
Some eye-opening inventions could be headed our way soon. New technologies often take their cues from the human brain and the human body. In the same way early aviation tinkerers studied the wings of birds, many of today’s top researchers look in the mirror for inspiration.
Artificial intelligence aims to recreate the ways human think, robots imitate the way we move, and right now, in labs across the world, inventors are looking at our five senses to create new tools and gadgets.
Eric Griffith wrote about some of the most cutting edge of these developments for PC Magazine.
Robotic Surgeons
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
For about 40 years, the sternotomy has been the gold standard for open heart surgery. Chest bones are split and patients' ribs are stretched open to allow access to the chest cavity.
The practice is still widely used, but many doctors are looking for less traumatic methods. A few surgeons in the nation are using some nimble-fingered robots to help repair hearts.
But as NHPR's Dianne Finch reports, not all surgeons are on board with the idea.
