Patients with recurring problems with the heart slowing or stopping after a neck injury damages their cervical spinal cord may need aggressive therapy to avoid further cardiovascular problems and even death, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
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Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers.
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Cognitive disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), various dementias, epilepsy, vascular disorders and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), exert a heavy burden on sufferers, their families, and on society. The possibility of neuropharmacologic rehabilitation of patients with such deficits is a challenge for clinicians and scientists. In a special issue of Behavioural Neurology, six articles survey the latest developments in pharmacologic treatment of selected clinical disorders.
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School and Johns Hopkins University have developed a treatment that helps animals with traumatic spinal cord injuries grow new nerve fibers.
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Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A new high-tech version of the tooth fairy now exists, but some scientists are not ready to bite.
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In tests on rats, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have developed a treatment that helps spinal cord nerves regrow after injury. The findings will be published in the July 18 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study has implications for treating people who may face amputation of an arm after a violent injury in which nerves are wrenched from the spinal cord. The new treatment currently is under study for other types of traumatic spinal cord injury.
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Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers.
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Recently a news release came across my desk titled “New research addresses taboos around the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on patients’ sex lives.”
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With the aid of electrodes implanted in his brain, a man paralyzed from the neck down was able to perform certain everyday activities — move a computer cursor, open e-mail, turn on a TV set — merely by imagining them.
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George W. Bush seldom suffered personally from doing what’s unpopular politically. In fact, you could argue that he has made a career of it, holding fast to positions that many voters reject, as a sign of strength in these dangerous times. So his willingness to exercise his first-ever veto this week on a bill that would expand federal funding for human embryonic-stem-cell research, which 2 out of 3 voters favor, is not just a way to stroke his political base.
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Zurich, Switzerland — Med Services Europe announced a Web Collection of “Cool Wheelchair Sports Videos”. According to Dr Gene Emmer, President of Med Services Europe, the free collection at NewDisability.com (direct link: http://www.NewDisability.com/videos.htm) is meant to be a “Video Celebration of Wheelchair Athletes” and to help to raise the awareness of wheelchair sports in the eyes of the public as well as the sports media.
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Τρία σχέδια νόμου που αφορούν τα εθνικά κληροδοτήματα, τις σχολάζουσες κληρονομιές αλλά και την οργάνωση Σώματος Δημοσιονομικών Ελεγκτών στέλνει στη Βουλή το επόμενο διάστημα το υπουργείο Οικονομικών.
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A deaf teenager shopping with his dad gives a Wal-Mart ad a warm and fuzzy feel. A champion Alpine skier without a foot scores points for inspiration in a spot for Home Depot. Upscale professionals, in commercials for Bank of America and Kohler, turn out to be blind. Welcome to the hot new world of disability marketing.
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