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A woman born without arms or legs on Monday won the right to have the class action she is leading against the firms behind thalidomide, a sedative blamed for birth defects, proceed in Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-australian-woman-thalidomide-court.html Other Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:02 EST news243492804 People with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to have a movement disorder called leg motor restlessness, but not true restless legs syndrome as previous studies have suggested, according to a study published in the Nov. 9, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-people-parkinson-leg-restlessness-restless.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:01 EST news240062655 If one of your legs is shorter than the other, that may increase your risk of pain in your knees or hips, some researchers suspect. UNC’s Yvonne Golightly, PT, PhD, explains what researchers do and don’t know about this surprisingly common condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-short-leg-knee-hip-pain.html Other Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:41:22 EST news237706852 If you're a middle-aged woman with Restless Legs Syndrome, you may have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-restless-legs-syndrome-high-blood.html Cardiology Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:07 EST news237465842 (Medical Xpress) -- When it comes to recovering from a stroke, one of the major goals or rehabilitation is learning how to walk again. Researchers in the Netherlands are working with a prototype device called the LOwer Extremity Powered ExoSkeleton, or LOPES, to help retrain the mind and body of stroke patients and help them regain the ability to walk with a natural step. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-robot-legs-patients.html Medical research Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20:02 EST news236264522 (Medical Xpress) -- A small group of veterans with spinal cord injuries who underwent a four-day scuba- diving certification saw significant improvement in muscle movement, increased sensitivity to light touch and pinprick on the legs, and large reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scuba-function-body-mind-vets.html Health Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:01 EST news235810244 Imagine that you are driving home from work today when you are involved in a head on collision with an SUV. Life Lion flies you to the hospital. When you awake in the Emergency Department, you notice that you cannot feel your legs. Your doctor tells you that you may not able to walk. You also eventually realize that you cannot urinate or defecate voluntarily. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-spinal-cord-injury-focus.html Medical research Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:21:19 EST news235311662 An international research team has discovered the genetic risk factors for restless legs syndrome (RLS), a disorder that triggers unpleasant sensations in people's legs at night. The study, presented in the journal PLoS Genetics, highlights how carriers of risk variants have a stronger chance of developing RLS. Researchers say the findings could help fuel more investigations on this disorder, potentially leading to new and improved treatment methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-genetic-factors-restless-legs-syndrome.html Genetics Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:10:02 EST news231669638 People suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) experience unpleasant sensations in the legs at night for which the only remedy is movement. Now, an international consortium from Europe, Canada and the US has identified new genetic risk factors for the disease. Carriers of these risk variants have an increased likelihood of developing RLS. This finding, which will be published on July 14th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, presents new opportunities for future research of this disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-gene-restless-legs-syndrome.html Genetics Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:22:00 EST news229882905 A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has identified patients who are at a higher risk of morbidity and mortality when undergoing knee replacement surgery in both legs at the same time. The study found that patients who have a history of significant medical problems, especially congestive heart failure or pulmonary hypertension, are at increased risk for major complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-patients-bilateral-knee-surgery.html Other Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:58:01 EST news229856262 A young man who underwent the world's first double leg transplant might be able to walk with the aid of crutches in six or seven months if his rehabilitation goes well, the surgeon who oversaw the operation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-spanish-doctor-leg-transplant-patient.html Other Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:59:44 EST news229697929 Outcomes of bypass surgery to repair blocked arteries in the legs tend to be better in the roughly one-in-five people who have inherited a specific genetic variation from both parents, according to a study presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session of the Vascular Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 18, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-genetic-factor-linked-long-term-success.html Genetics Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:44:26 EST news227781851