For the first time at UNC Hospitals, a surgical team has successfully performed corneal neurotization—the only disease modifying surgical treatment for neurotrophic keratitis (NK), a rare eye condition that causes loss ...
Nov 1, 2023
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The internet never ceases to amaze when it comes to the bizarre health crazes people are willing to try. One of the latest social media trends is "bone smashing"—and it's every bit as inadvisable as it sounds.
Oct 24, 2023
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My husband and I recently noticed our 5-year-old daughter was having difficulty blinking and eating, and one side of her face was drooping. The pediatrician referred us to a plastic surgeon who diagnosed her with facial paralysis. ...
Jul 26, 2023
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The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing.
Nov 11, 2022
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The bacterial toxin botulinum toxin (BTX)—colloquially known as Botox—is probably known to most people as a remedy for wrinkles. But botulinum toxin can do even more: if it is injected into the forehead, for example, ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralysed one side of his face.
Jun 14, 2022
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A team of researchers working at McGill University has found that activation of microglia in the spinal cord following a nerve injury can lead to an increased sensitivity to pain. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Most survivors of squamous cell head and neck cancers report that their sense of taste is dulled, changed or lost during radiation treatment, causing them to lose interest in eating and diminishing their quality of life.
Jun 23, 2021
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A new study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, shows unprecedented data regarding the neuroanatomical influence on the treatment response of patients with trigeminal ...
Jan 24, 2020
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It has been 2 years since Andy Sandness was wheeled into an operating room at Mayo Clinic's Rochester, Minnesota, campus for a 56-hour marathon surgery to give him a complete face transplant.
Mar 11, 2019
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