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A golf ball is shown next to a 15-inch cup on a putting green at the TaylorMade golf facility in Carlsbad, California May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Golf Game for Stroke Victims

by Majid al-Khateeb | May 17, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cologne, Germany – On World Stroke Day on the 10th of May, Germany launched an initiative “shot versus shot” which stands for golf playing for people who suffered from strokes. The Deutsche equivalent for “stroke” is “schlaganfall” from which the initiative’s...

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Bill Kochevar, 56, is using computer-brain interface technology and an electrical stimulation system to move his own arm after eight years of paralysis, in this undated handout photo. Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center/Handout via REUTERS

New Scientific Achievement: Implants Help Paralyzed Man Feed Himself Using His Thoughts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 31, 2017 | Health, Lifestyle & Culture

London – In a new scientific achievement, US researchers have succeeded in deploying computer-linked systems to help move the hand and arm of a paralyzed man. The patient underwent an implantation of electrodes in his brain and limbs to stimulate inactive...

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The General Court building in Riyadh, pictured in May 2005. (AFP/File)

Saudi Arabia Denies Paralysis Sentence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice has officially denied press reports claiming that a judge sentenced a young Saudi man to be surgically paralyzed. The accused was allegedly given a retributive sentence in the Eastern Province town of Al-Ahsa...