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‘Catwoman’ famed for plastic surgery dies at 79
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» PARIS - Swiss socialite Jocelyne Wildenstein, also known as "catwoman" due to her extensive plastic surgery, has died aged 79, her partner said on Wednesday.
Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» LAUSANNE - A man with advanced Parkinson's disease is now able to walk almost normally again thanks to electrodes implanted in his spinal cord, researchers said on Monday.
New hope to help advanced Parkinson's patients walk, sleep again
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» PARIS - People with advanced Parkinson's disease often struggle to walk more than a few steps or sleep through the night, but new research offers hope of relief from these two debilitating symptoms.
Spinal cord implant helps paralysed patients walk again
AFP, Published on 08/02/2022
» TOKYO: In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralysed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to a breakthrough new spinal cord implant.
French billionaire MP Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 08/03/2021
» PARIS: French billionaire Olivier Dassault, a politician and scion of the Dassault aircraft-making family, was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Botticelli masterpiece sells for $92m at US auction
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» NEW YORK: A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for $92 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Thursday, smashing the record price for the artist.
Botticelli 'masterpiece' expected to top $80 mn at Sotheby's sale
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» NEW YORK - A portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than $80 million when it goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday.
Breakthrough treatment helps paralysed patients walk
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» TOKYO: A breakthrough treatment involving electrical stimulation of the spine has enabled paralysed patients to walk again, apparently reactivating nerve connections and providing hope for people even years after accidents.
Art heir Wildenstein in French court for alleged tax fraud
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - The Franco-American patriarch of the Wildenstein art-dealing dynasty appeared in a Paris court Friday to again face charges of tax fraud, just over a year after his surprise acquittal in the long-running inquiry.