News tagged with paralysis
Food safety regulation of poultry cuts levels of paralysis
(Medical Xpress) -- A recent large decrease in campylobacter infection from fresh poultry in New Zealand has also resulted in a significant drop in a neurological condition which can result in paralysis or ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal
A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Decoding brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear
Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants
Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents Tuesday to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where cases of polio have risen sharply.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Omega-3 fatty acids could prevent and treat nerve damage, research suggests
(Medical Xpress) -- Research from Queen Mary, University of London suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, have the potential to protect nerves from injury and help them to regenerate.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Scientists succeed in making the spinal cord transparent
(Medical Xpress) -- In the event of the spinal cord injury, the long nerve cell filaments, the axons, may become severed. For quite some time now, scientists have been investigating whether these axons can ...
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Study examines how diving marine mammals manage decompression
Any diver returning from ocean depths knows about the hazard of decompression sickness (DCS) or "the bends." As the diver ascends and the ocean pressure decreases, gases that were absorbed by the body during ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's illness deciphered after 150 years
Known for her poetry, letters, love affair and marriage to Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning also left a legacy of unanswered questions about her lifelong chronic illness. Now, a Penn State anthropologist, with ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Disease progression halted in rat model of Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is an incurable adult neurodegenerative disorder that progresses to paralysis and death. Genetic mutations are the cause of disease in 5% of patients ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Is the end of polio truly in sight?
Declaring the eradication of polio will be far more difficult than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General Virology. Further research into the complex virus - host i ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Spinal cord treatment offers hope
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have developed a promising new treatment for spinal cord injury in animals, which could eventually prevent paralysis in thousands of people worldwide every ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Stanford joins BrainGate team developing brain-computer interface to aid people with paralysis
(Medical Xpress) -- Stanford University researchers are enrolling participants in a pioneering study investigating the feasibility of people with paralysis using a technology that interfaces directly with ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Brain function involved in recovery of facial paralysis is different according to sex
Research work drawn up by specialists from the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University of Navarra Hospital has shown that, after surgical treatment for facial paralysis through using ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Study finds new pathway critical to heart arrhythmia
University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have uncovered a previously unknown molecular pathway that is critical to understanding cardiac arrhythmia and other heart muscle problems. Understanding the basic science ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Psychologists chase down sleep demons
What do Moby Dick, the Salem witch trials and alien abductions all have in common? They all circle back to sleep paralysis.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Paralysis
Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Paralysis can cause loss of feeling or loss of mobility in the affected area.
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