Archive: 23/01/2017
This man is revolutionizing our understanding of motor neuron diseases and dementias
It was when Xinglong Wang, PhD, received a call from a desperate father of a middle-aged son with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that he realized the extraordinary importance of his work. "Can you help save my son's ...
Jan 23, 2017
Post-concussion, peripheral vision reaction times substantially impaired
After a concussion occurs, symptoms most commonly experienced are headache, dizziness, memory problems and sleep disturbances, as well as visual dysfunction. Such symptoms can be difficult to quantify and follow in patients ...
Jan 23, 2017
NYC toddlers exposed to potentially harmful flame retardants
Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) within the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of potentially harmful flame retardants on the hands and in the homes of 100 percent ...
Jan 23, 2017
Clinical trial testing new technique to treat life-threatening ventricular tachycardia
Loyola Medicine is the only center in the Midwest enrolling patients in a landmark clinical trial of a new procedure to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia.
Jan 23, 2017