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.
Deep Brain Stimulation Benefits Primary Dystonia Sufferers Says Study Published in New England Journal of Medicine RedNova
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.
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.
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Tipsheet: Focus On Gait Training, Pain Relief, Pressure Ulcers And Hearing Aid Training Medical News Today
Location of plantar ulcerations in diabetic patients referred to a Department of Veterans Affairs podiatry clinic, pg. 421We described the location of foot ulcers through a chart review of diabetic patients in a Department of Veterans Affairs podiatry clinic and looked for connections between ulcer location and specific medical features. [click link for full article]
Cyberkinetics' BrainGate System Enables Thought-Driven Computer Control for First ALS Patient in Pilot Clinical Trial FinanzNachrichten
Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. (OTCBB: CYKN )(Cyberkinetics) announced that Leigh R. Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator in the pilot trial of the BrainGate Neural Interface System (BrainGate), presented preliminary findings from the trial ' s first participant with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig ' s disease) in his presentation at the
Interface Pressure And Cutaneous Hemoglobin And Oxygenation Changes Under Ischial Tuberosities During Sacral Nerve Root Medical News Today
We studied how neuromuscular stimulation through a magnetic coil and a sacral anterior root stimulator (SARS) implant (used for bladder emptying) affects pressure and skin blood circulation under the ischial tuberosities (ITs) of participants with spinal cord injury (SCI). The ITs are the most common site for pressure ulcers among wheelchair users with SCI. [click link for full article]
Cyberkinetics' BrainGate System Enables Thought-Driven Computer Control for First ALS Patient in Pilot Clinical Trial Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.----Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. announced that Leigh R. Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator in the pilot trial of the BrainGate Neural Interface System , presented preliminary findings from the trial's first participant with ALS in his presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia.
Enhancing Regeneration: Animal Study Suggests Novel Way To Reverse Heart-attack Damage Science Daily
Cardiology researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have shown that it may be possible to reduce tissue injury after a heart attack and preserve heart function by using techniques of regenerative medicine. Working with rats, they got heart-muscle cells to multiply, minimized scarring and boosted the heart's pumping ability after a simulated myocardial infarction. Findings will appear in the

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