Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Polio-like condition in children on rise again in the US

(HealthDay)—A rare, polio-like condition in children is on the rise again in the United States, with 38 confirmed cases in 16 states so far this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Medical research

3-D bioPen: A hydrogel injection to regenerate cartilage

Highly specialized cartilage is characteristically avascular and non-neural in composition with low cell numbers in an aliphatic environment. Despite its apparent simplicity, bioengineering regenerative hyaline cartilage ...

Neuroscience

Non-epileptic seizure patients getting 'lost in system'

About 2,000 patients in Saskatchewan and 72,000 across Canada experience seizure-like episodes unrelated to epilepsy, but nearly half aren't receiving followup care, harming their quality of life and driving up health-care ...

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