http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke which can result in permanent brain damage, long term disability or death. As a leading cause of adult disability, stroke has an annual burden of more than $62 billion on the United States economy. With the exception of rehabilitation therapy, very few treatments are available to improve the chronic neurologic deficits caused by a stroke. In hopes of expanding therapeutic options, Northwestern Medicine researchers are investigating a novel stem cell therapy, known as SB623, that may hold the key to improving motor function following a disabling stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-northwestern-medicine-stem-cell-therapy.html Medical research Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:10:01 EST news279813228 Australian researchers have discovered for the first time that reduced heart rate variability – or changes in heart beat timing – best predicts cognitive disturbances, such as concentration difficulties commonly reported by people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This adds to the growing body of evidence linking autonomic nervous system imbalance to symptoms of this poorly understood disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-chronic-fatigue-syndromea-stress.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:52:40 EST news272199138