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Medtronic device shown to help dystonia A Medtronic Inc. device that stimulates parts of the brain that target motor control helped patients with a severe movement disorder, researchers have found. Patients with dystonia -- which forces the body into abnormal, sometimes painful, movements -- who were treated with Medtronic's Activa DBS therapy had a 39.3 percent improvement in movement after
Rule in need of quick fix The Herald News
Be advised: Bulimia is an eating disorder, defined by continuous, abnormal hunger. Bielema is a football coach at the University of Wisconsin. Contrary to popular belief, he is not a sick man. He might be too smart for his own good. But sick? No.
Deep Brain Stimulation Benefits Primary Dystonia Sufferers Says Study Published in New England Journal of Medicine Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
MINNEAPOLIS----According to research published in the Nov. 9, 2006, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, deep brain stimulation - a therapy pioneered by Medtronic, Inc. - can provide significant and sustainable benefits to people with disabling forms of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that forces parts of the body into abnormal, sometimes painful, movements or postures.
Deep-Brain Stimulation Eases Movement Disorder HealthDay via Yahoo! News
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Deep-brain stimulation appears to be effective in treating patients with the movement disorder called dystonia, even when those patients no longer respond to medication.
Dantona slips past Foy in Ventura County supervisor's race Los Angeles Times
The Democrat has a 309-vote lead as about 1,000 absentee ballots remain to be tallied.
A Silent Pandemic: Industrial Chemicals Are Impairing Brain Development Of Children Worldwide Science Daily
Researchers found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain, and they conclude that chemical pollution may have harmed the brains of millions of children worldwide.
Less Radiation Just As Effective In Fighting Brain Tumor, Saving Hearing, Study Shows Science Daily
Radiation oncologists have found that giving less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential devastating brain tumor called an acoustic schwannoma, and better yet, might save more of the patient's hearing. They compared two groups among 115 patients with acoustic schwannomas treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital between 1994 and 2005. Both had effective
Abnormality In Filling Of Heart Is Frequent Culprit In Heart Failure Science Daily
Difficulties in the heart's ability to fill with blood are common causes of heart failure -- and appear to be as significant in placing a heart patient at risk of death as are deficiencies in the heart's ability to pump blood, new research from Mayo Clinic shows.
Comprehensive Model Is First To Map Protein Folding At Atomic Level Science Daily
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a computer model that, for the first time, can fully map and predict how small proteins fold into three-dimensional, biologically active shapes. The work could help researchers better understand the abnormal protein aggregation underlying some devastating diseases, as well as how natural proteins evolved and how proteins recognize correct
Brother on a mission to archive every scrap of sibling's short life The first thing you notice about the paid obituary The Oregonian
Brother on a mission to archive every scrap of sibling's short life The first thing you notice about the paid obituary that ran in last Sunday's paper is the first sentence: "Nathaniel is my brother." It says "is my brother," not "was my brother."


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