Neuroscience
Researchers find trigger that leads to faster nerve healing
University of South Carolina scientists are exploring ways to make nerve regeneration happen faster and more successfully.
Oct 15, 2020
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Nerve Damage
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage
Severely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down) position because it's easier for them to breathe and reduces mortality. But that life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage in ...
Sep 3, 2020
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Neuroscience
Microglia might lessen seizure severity in epilepsy
New research in mice highlights the potential protective effect of microglia—a type of non-neuronal cell in the brain—against overactivation of the central nervous system during acute epileptic seizures. The study is ...
Aug 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Magnetic stimulation dramatically improves fecal incontinence
Painless magnetic stimulation of nerves that regulate muscles in the anus and rectum appears to improve their function and dramatically reduce episodes of fecal incontinence, a debilitating problem affecting about 10% of ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Neuroscience
Star-shaped brain cells may play a critical role in glaucoma
After a brain injury, cells that normally nourish nerves may actually kill them instead, a new study in rodents finds. This "reactive" phenomenon may be the driving factor behind neurodegenerative diseases like glaucoma, ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Cardiology
Strokes in the spine are rare—but dangerous
Weighing in at about the same as when he graduated high school, Brian Muscarella, 62, eats a healthy diet and enjoys plenty of physical activity. Indeed, he has completed the New York City Marathon four times.
May 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil recommends chloroquine to treat even mild COVID-19 cases
Brazil's health ministry recommended Wednesday using chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat even mild cases of COVID-19, treatments President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for despite a lack of conclusive evidence of their ...
May 20, 2020
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Medical research
Mouse study shows nerve signaling pathway critical to healing fractures
Sticks and stones may break one's bones, but healing them requires the production of a protein signal that stimulates the generation, growth and spread of vital nerve cells, or neurons, throughout the injured area. That's ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Medications
Not yesterday's cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug
A pain pill prescription for nerve damage revived Gwendolyn Barton's long-dormant addiction last year, awakening fears she would slip back into smoking crack cocaine.
Dec 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
New brain research could change how concussions are treated
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), including concussions, can be caused by anything from sports injuries to battlefield trauma. And they can have fatal or lasting effects. The results of a severe concussion—problems with thinking, ...
Oct 14, 2019
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