Vol. 2, No. The woman, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, had millions of her own cells injected into one side of her brain.
Doctors hope to learn within three months whether the operation helped the woman.
In tests with elderly monkeys, the same surgery revived atrophied brain cells. CARE Everyone agrees the United States faces a huge nursing shortage. Hospitals say they'd be happy to hire more nurses if they could find them. Nurses say hospitals can't find nurses because working conditions are becoming unbearable, and their claims are supported by statistics regarding the number of nurses leaving the profession. Stuck in the middle are patients, who are receiving less and less care as the situation continues to worsen.