Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Take steps to protect your feet this winter
Getting around in winter works best if you're taking good care of the feet that take you places.
Dec 27, 2022
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Nerve Damage
Health
A topical gel that can prevent nerve damage due to spraying crops with pesticides
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in India has developed a topical get that can be used by farmers to prevent nerve damage due to chemical crop spraying. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
Health
Snoring causes injuries and prevention of healing in the upper airways
The recurrent vibrations caused by snoring can lead to injuries in the upper airways of people who snore heavily. This, in turn, can cause swallowing dysfunction and render individuals more vulnerable for developing the severe ...
May 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
New research may pave the way for peripheral nerve damage repair
Research published today, 30th January 2017 online in the Journal of Cell Biology, has for the first time identified how a bodily protein allows nerves of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) to repair following injury.
Jan 30, 2017
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Medical research
Nerve signal discovery backs Nobel winner's theory
Scientists have proved a 60-year-old theory about how nerve signals are sent around the body at varying speeds as electrical impulses.
Oct 11, 2012
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Neuroscience
Popular colorectal cancer drug may cause permanent nerve damage
(Medical Xpress) -- Oxaliplatin, a platinum-based anticancer drug that’s made enormous headway in recent years against colorectal cancer, appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after ...
Sep 28, 2011
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Neuroscience
New approach for treating neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain is the chronic, pathological pain that continues even when the cause of pain is removed. Causes include damage to nerve cells and medicines used to treat cancer. A collaboration between research groups from ...
May 4, 2018
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Diabetes
Combination medication helps patients with type 2 diabetes maintain blood sugar goals
For patients with diabetes, bringing down and maintaining lower blood glucose levels is important to minimize the risk of long-term complications such as nerve damage, kidney damage, an increased risk of heart disease, eye ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Fewer amputations in diabetic patients with dual isotope SPECT/CT
Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically
Foot and leg amputations were once a fairly common fate for diabetics, but new government research shows a dramatic decline in limbs lost to the disease, probably due to better treatments.
Jan 24, 2012
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