FDA grants clearance for neurological monitoring device

21 hours ago | Healio

Medical device company WISE Srl announced the FDA granted clearance for its Cortical Strip, a single-use device intended to be used on the brain surface for intraoperative...
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Tiny Blood Clots May Be to Blame for Long COVID Symptoms, Some Researchers Say

1 day ago | Time | 2 articles

Blood clotting is a normal, healthy process. It's what stops the bleeding when you slice your finger in the kitchen, for example. But sometimes, clotting goes awry. Clots that...
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Neurologic Symptoms Linked With Death in Pediatric Leukemia

1 day ago | Medscape

Neurologic manifestations such as headache, neuropathy, seizures, and cell infiltration are common in pediatric patients with acute leukemia and are associated with a higher...
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UTHealth Houston professor wins $3.5 million to study the mechanisms of brain receptors involved in neurological disorders

1 day ago | News Medical | 2 articles

A five-year, nearly $3.5 million grant to study the mechanisms of brain receptors involved in neurological disorders such as learning disabilities has been awarded to Vasanthi...
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Removal of cilia from the brain's striatum impairs time perception and judgment, study finds

2 days ago | News Medical | 2 articles

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that removal of cilia from the brain's striatum region impaired time perception and judgment, revealing...
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Researchers Are Studying Whether Paxlovid Can Treat Long COVID

3 days ago | Time | 3 articles

Months after catching COVID-19 in December 2021, Lavanya Visvabharathy was still testing positive on antigen tests and suffering from symptoms including headaches and intense...
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Early surgical decompression may improve motor function in central cord syndrome

4 days ago | Healio

Patients with central cord syndrome who underwent early surgical decompression had improved recovery in upper limb motor function at 1 year compared with patients who underwent...
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Posterior surgery noninferior to anterior for treating cervical radiculopathy

4 days ago | Healio

Posterior cervical foraminotomy was noninferior to anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in success rate and arm pain at 1 year in patients with cervical radiculopathy...
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Neuralgic Amyotrophy after COVID-19 Vaccination in an Adolescent: Successful Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment

7 days ago | Pediatric Neurology

Neuralgic amyotrophy, or Parsonage-Turner syndrome, is a neurological condition characterized by sudden pain attacks followed by patchy muscle paresis in the upper extremities...
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The utility of simulation-based training in teaching frontline providers modified Sarnat encephalopathy examination: A randomized control pilot trial

7 days ago | Pediatric Neurology

Limited training in targeted neurological examination makes it challenging for frontline providers to identify newborns with perinatal asphyxia eligible for therapeutic...
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John Krasinki's Kids Are Convinced He Works In An Actual Office

Sometimes it's tough for a parent to describe exactly what they do for a living to their children. For John Krasinski , this has been an extra difficult task. Even though he's... Read more ...

Air Pollution Linked to Mental Health Conditions

People exposed to higher concentrations of fine particulate matter had a 21 percent increased risk of two or more co-occurring. Read more ...

Are Black Men at Risk for Early Prostate Cancer

Black men are disproportionately affected by prostate cancer and more than twice as likely to die from the disease compared to their White counterparts. Read more ...

Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Can be Detected Using a Molecule in Urine

Recent research suggests that biomarkers in urine can help identify the early stages of Alzheimer's disease Read more ...

Diarrhea Common in Omicron Patients Despite Vaccination

COVID diarrhea is common in people infected with the Omicron strain of the virus. This symptom is prevalent even if the person is fully vaccinated. Read more ...

Do you Know What "Whole Grains" Actually Mean

Competing definitions of what whole grains actually are makes it difficult to evaluate the consumption among Americans Read more ...

World Disability Day 2022 - The Role of Innovative Transformation

World Disability Day is commemorated every year on December 3 to uplift the contributions of people with disabilities globally Read more ...

Thalassemia- A Disability That can be Treated With a Stem Cell Transplant

Thalassemia patients receive support from DKMS-BMST, which has been at the forefront of organizing support for them by assisting in finding compatible donors. Read more ...

Why is There a Measles Outbreak Among Children in India

To protect children and stop measles outbreaks, even high coverage with a single dose of the measles vaccine proved to be insufficient. Read more ...

International Day of Persons With Disabilities: Disability Inclusion Through...

International Day Of Persons with Disabilities: Corporate HR teams are working on creating programs aimed at ensuring better inclusiveness for the disabled. Read more ...