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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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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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.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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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

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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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.

Medicine & Health / Research

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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 ...

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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 ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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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

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

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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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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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 ...

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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

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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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