Football is a pain in the neck
... Soleil. Overall, serious injuries that result in paralysis or death declined slightly towards the end of the decade; Dr. Delaney believes this decrease may have been triggered by improved safety equipment and rule changes that outlawed dangerous tackles in football and hitting from behind in hockey. Neck lac...Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice
...irus invades the central nervous system and causes paralysis or coma. "We could give this antibody to mice as long as five days after infection, when West Nile virus had entered the brain, and it could still cure them," says Washington University senior investigator Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D., who headed the...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
... Ph.D. Focus: identification of drugs that reverse paralysis caused by botulinum toxin Apath LLC, St. Louis, MO, Paul Olivo, M.D., Ph.D. Focus: development of new antiviral drugs for Ebola infection Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Karl Hostetler, M.D. Focus: development of a new antiviral drug...Is the vaccine industry ailing?
...986 lawsuit claiming that pertussis vaccine caused paralysis in a child yielded a jury award of $1.1 million--more than half of the entire market for pertussis vaccine at the time. Although no scientific evidence backed the claim that pertussis vaccine caused paralysis, writes Dr. Offit, liability costs have c...Special scalpel reduces blood loss, facial nerve trauma in salivary surgery
...uts can reduce blood loss and postoperative facial paralysis in patients who need a portion of their salivary g...lateral injury. Facial nerve injury, resulting in paralysis including a droopy smile and inability to completely close the eye, is the biggest risk of parotidec...Study reveals potential for new treatment of paralysis and brain disease
... with central nervous system injuries resulting in paralysis and a range of diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS, for which there are currently no cures," said Dr. Liesi, head of the Brain Laboratory and a former visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health. New approach could fast-track to real ...Researchers pinpoint molecular basis for phantom pain
...f excruciating pain at or below the level of their paralysis or loss," said Bryan Hains, associate research scientist and co-author of the study. Typically, the perception of pain travels through three orders of neurons. The first order neurons carry signals from the periphery to the spinal cord, the second o...Post-stroke tests not used often enough, especially in women
...lking ability, balance, motor functions (including paralysis of one side of the body), speech, language abilities, facial muscles, vision and dizziness. Currently, the U-M team is conducting an in-depth prospective study of stroke symptoms, treatment and outcomes among patients treated at U-M hospitals, lookin...Gamma knife effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia
...l neuralgia patients, without the potential facial paralysis and long-term recovery experienced with conventional surgery," said Volker Stieber, M.D., co-director of the Gamma Knife Program at Wake Forest Baptist. Results of the study are being presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and O...Qld Brain Institute gains $650,000 spinal research bequest from courageous Lisa Palmer
...ng woman whose legacy may eventually be a cure for paralysis caused by spinal injury. "Paralysis caused by spinal injury affects about 18,000 Australians. Every day another Australian suffers this type of injury and the average age of Australians when injured is 19. "Lisa Palmer's legacy will fuel the quest ...UCSF surgeon develops new spinal surgery technique
...ate for fear of causing irreversible nerve damage, paralysis and even death, Ames noted, and as a result, patients presenting with extensive intradural tumors are often left without hope. "We are treating patients with this technique who were told by physicians that nothing more could be done," said Ames. ...Epidural leads to less pain, more assisted deliveries
.... These include spinal cord injuries and permanent paralysis in the mother. These are so rare that incidence rates are currently unknown. Randomized controlled trials like those included in Cochrane reviews are not well-suited to studying such uncommon events, said Anim-Somuah. "There should be some ongoing d...Robotic treadmill training helps retrain brain, improves walking
People who have suffered partial paralysis from spinal-cord injury show increased activity in the part of the brain responsible for muscle movement and motor learning after 12 weeks of training on a robotic treadmill, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Their study, whic...'No sweat' CT-guided injection treats embarrassing hand condition
...anging from bleeding and collapsed lung to partial paralysis and Horner syndrome, which affects movement of the eyelid. Minimally invasive treatments are available which effectively treat sweaty hands with varying degrees of effectiveness, cost and risk to the patient. Some physicians offer local Botox injecti...Wide-spread use of intranasal flu vaccine does not show unexpected serious risks
...mmation of the nerves, causing pain, weakness, and paralysis in the extremities), 1 report of Bell palsy (paralysis of the facial muscles), and 8 reports of asthma exacerbation among individuals with a prior asthma history. Events in individuals for whom the vaccine was not indicated accounted for 73 reports (...Strokes in children need to be recognized quickly
...ic stroke, with the main symptoms either one-sided paralysis or difficulty walking normally. Although the majority of children in the study were brought to medical attention promptly after the onset of their symptoms, they experienced delays approaching 24 hours before receiving a definitive diagnosis and emer...University Eye Institute at UH sees start of multiple sclerosis eye care center
...e fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis and others. Some of these symptoms initially may be transient, making early diagnosis difficult. MS Eye CARE has developed protocols that will facilitate early diagnosis and will provide initial measures of progression of the disease. "The sympto...Anti-inflammatory drug's potentially deadly side effect found to be rare
...ces, loss of coordination and, in advanced phases, paralysis and coma. "It leaves the brain short-circuited," Clifford says. "It's a very bad disease that normally progresses to death within a few months unless we can reverse the immune suppression." MS is an autoimmune disease believed to result from misguid...Improving recovery from spinal cord injuries: $3.7 million grant will create rehabilitation network
...r, these injuries often result in partial or total paralysis and cost patients millions of dollars in rehabilitation therapies and other medical care. A new $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health awarded to GUMC will help improve outcomes for individuals with these kinds of injuries by creat...New 'wrinkle' in Botox treatment could lead to lower doses, better safety
...e contraction, resulting in a localized, temporary paralysis that erases wrinkles and unwanted muscle spasms. Kim Janda, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at Scripps and head of the research study, and his associates developed a synthetic molecule that can superactivate the neurotoxin used in Botox by binding to s...