The procedure has been called “one of the most barbaric mistakes ever perpetrated by mainstream medicine.” Back when medicine was highly primitive, the process involved shoving an ice pick-like instrument between the upper eyelid and the eye in hopes of severing certain nerves of the frontal lobe.

Biotech companies are a great investment right now, says Laura Cadden. And support from the Obama administration will ensure this trend continues. Laura picks four small cap biotech firms set to soar.

Is it finally time to invest in stem-cell technology? Tech junkie Patrick Cox, writing in Penny Sleuth, thinks so.

The FDA recently banned stem cell company Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) from going ahead with trials of its spinal-cord therapy. But great transformational investors have always bought when the public has given up hope on new technologies.

It now looks like there might be a breakthrough in heart failure prevention, says Patrick. Although they won’t go on the record about it yet, leading researchers expect a breakthrough to occur in the next five years…