Doctors in Hong Kong have found that the Chinese tile game of mahjong can trigger epileptic seizure.

A report, based on the study of 23 epilepsy-hit people by four doctors at the Queen Mary Hospital, and published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal, says the game could cause decision-making epilepsy

A man who lapsed into a coma following a brutal beating and mugging six years ago, has been reawakened by doctors who never gave up hope.

With the use of electrodes implanted into his brain neuroscientists were able to stimulate portions of the brain and thereby greatly improving his quality of life

It may sound like science fiction, but U.S. scientists have been making strides towards developing a chip that could be implanted strategically in the brain, giving people the ability to control prosthetic limbs, cure epilepsy and even treat a variety of diseases.

"It's becoming a reality," said Justin Sanchez, director of the University of Florida's Neuroprosthetics Research Group. "We're designing electronics that we can interface with biological systems and we can use that to help people

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According to a report by the Japanese Cabinet Office, approximately 3 million people in the country suffer from mental illness and related diseases. It is for the first time since 2005 that the number of mentally disabled people topped 3 million.

Approximately 3.028 million Japanese were diagnosed with mental illness. Japan's population in 2005 was 127 million. The last such data on people with disabilities was issued in 2002