Rehabilitation can restore some vision after stroke
... monitor to the areas of residual vision. Through repetitive use of damaged areas, a process known as neuroplasticity is induced. During neuroplasticity, the nerve activity related to vision is strengthened to help restore some of a person's visual functions. Sabel and his colleagues presented findings from...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
...constriction or pinching is commonly attributed to repetitive motion and stress. Yet, in spite of its association with heavy computer use, carpal tunnel syndrome is not confined to data entry workers. Butchers, mechanics, musicians, dental hygienists, tennis players and golfers are vulnerable. According to r...No magic pill for treating dementia symptoms
... agitation, aggression, delusions, hallucinations, repetitive vocalizations and wandering have been observed in 60 percent to 98 percent of patients. "Dementia-related behaviors are very distressing to both caregivers and medical professionals," said Sink, a geriatrician. "It was discouraging to find that we c...Two minutes of magnetic stimulation can change your brain for an hour
...ted the technique by testing different patterns of repetitive magnetic pulses to the scalps of volunteers, delivered over a period of 20 to 190 seconds. The pulses were aimed at the motor cortex that controls muscle response, because effects on the motor cortex can be objectively measured by recording the amoun...Radiologists use MRI to keep basketball players on their feet
...versity Medical Center, Durham, N.C. "The combined repetitive jumping and landing required of players often results in these injuries, causing players to be benched during the long recovery period." A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone brought on by overuse or repeated impact on a hard surface over a l...Early detection reduces threat of foot injury in college basketball players
...ege basketball players," Major said. "The combined repetitive jumping and landing required of players often results in these injuries, causing players to be benched during the long recovery period." Each year, several National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) male basketball players typically suffer stres...Brain inflammation found in autism
... social interaction and communication and may show repetitive behaviors and have unusual attachments to objects or routines. Autism has a strong genetic component, and in some families, autism tends to be more prevalent. In identical twins with autism both are usually affected. However, the number of children w......nd other top doctors also use extensive, seemingly repetitive screening techniques to check traits such as the thickness of a person's cornea, which is crucial to the surgery, as well as the characteristics of a patient's pupil. "The bottom line is that if you use state-of-the-art techniques and you choose yo...Brain's immune system triggered in autism
... social interaction and communication and may show repetitive behaviors and have unusual attachments to objects or routines. Autism has a strong genetic component in some families, although other causes likely play a role, possibly including birth complications, diet, toxins or infections, says Pardo. "...Combination therapy, not medication alone, most effective for treating children with OCD
... cause marked anxiety or distress. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or rituals (such as hand washing, hoarding, checking something over and over) or mental acts (such as counting, repeating words silently). John S. March, M.D., M.P.H., of the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., and members of ...Advances in understanding brain circuits responsible for tics in Tourette's shed light on disorder
...ear between the ages of four and eight and include repetitive involuntary movements and utterances, or "tics." T...irtually nonstop and include "purposive"-appearing repetitive behaviors including obscene or socially inappropriate speech and more rarely self-injurious behavior...Hunt for autism genes to be led by Hopkins researchers
...cial and communication deficits and restricted and repetitive interests. Understanding the condition's genetic roots may reveal important clues to its biology, and hence targets for treating some of its effects or trying to prevent it. "The molecular genetic study of autism provides one of the best scientific o...Register early for the AIUM regional course, Sonography: A Broad Sweep, and Save
...ltrasound studies, and the ever-present problem of repetitive motion musculoskeletal injuries in sonographers, sonologists, and radiologists who participate in scanning will also be discussed. Register online at www.aium.org and benefit from a broad range of discussion topics, gaining new insight i...Pool-bound plyometrics help you get stronger with less pain
...les' tendon and heel bruises are attributed to the repetitive and ballistic movements of plyometrics," Devor said. "But plyometrics build more powerful muscles, since muscles are trained under forces greater than those achieved by conventional slow-speed resistance training." That additional force observed duri...National Academies news: vaccines and autism
... communication abilities, as well as restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviors and interests. It is unclear how many cases of autism there are, but two reviews of published studies put the prevalence at one case for every 1,000 children. While some information suggests that autism rates may be rising, it...Computer system makes 'chain' of health care stronger, safer
... a process that's fraught with potential error and repetitive tasks, and tries to provide something better." The system provides a way for hospital clinicians to meet four important challenges facing health care today: the increased number of daily handoffs between medical residents caused by new mandatory lim...Magnetic treatment may help people with spinal cord injuries
...ents with incomplete spinal cord injuries received repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), leading to improvements in their ability to move muscles and limbs, and ability to feel sensations. rTMS uses an electromagnet placed on the scalp to generate brief magnetic pulses, about the strength of an ...AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
...rder that most commonly affects people who perform repetitive and synchronous movements over a long period of time. Although musicians are among the most commonly affected by the disorder, it also occurs with great frequency among dentists, surgeons, writers and others who depend on using their fine motor skill...New insights into devastating basketball foot injury
...ayers, and they appear to occur as a result of the repetitive stresses placed on the bone," Guettler said. "The fractures are tiny, but over time they can coalesce into one large fracture. It is the equivalent in the foot of what happens in shin splints." Since there have been few studies of stress fractures of......in pre-clinical studies, the group discovered that repetitive tasks do in fact cause nerve, bone and muscle damage, an issue disputed by experts. Specifically, they found that work-related carpal tunnel syndrome develops through mechanisms that include injury, inflammation, fibrosis and subsequent nerve compres...