Maria Cheng

AP Medical Writer

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Compulsive Video-Gaming a Mental Health Problem

Studies show that compulsive gaming can trigger brain pathways in a manner similar to that of a drug addict.

In this undated photo made available on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 by Case Western Reserve University, Bill Kochevar feeds himself, in Cleveland, Ohio. A paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in eight years, after doctors implanted electronic sensors into his brain and arm that restored the broken connection between them. Kochevar, 56, was paralyzed from the shoulders down after a cycling accident in Cleveland nearly a decade ago.

Paralyzed Man Moves Again After Implants

He was able to feed himself for the first time in almost a decade after doctors implanted sensors in his brain that sent signals to his arm.

This June 21, 2016 photo shows a smartphone held for a photograph in New York. In a letter published Wednesday, June 22, 2016 in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors detailed separate cases of two women who experienced 'transient smartphone blindness' for months. Doctors discovered it was caused when they looked at their device with one eye while in bed in the dark _ and their other eye covered by a pillow.

Blindness Tied to Smartphone Use

Warning: Looking at your smartphone while lying in bed at night could wreak havoc on your vision.