UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain
Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion that drove the rod through his left cheek and out of the top of his head. As reported at the time, the rod was later found, smeared with blood and brains. nbsp; Miraculously, Gage lived, becoming the most famous case in the history of neuroscience — not only because he survived a horrific accident that led to the destruction of much of his left frontal lobe but alsonbsp;because ofnbsp;the injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior, which were said to be profound. Gage went from being an affable 25-year-old to one that was fitful, irreverent and profane. His friends and a...

Another necrotizing fasciitis survivor
Danean Balestrieri talks about what it was like to have necrotizing fasciitis. (Source: CNN.com - Health)