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WW1 surgeons could do little for amputees' pain—and treatment remains a challenge
Army doctors in the First World War were helpless to stop soldiers who lost limbs from suffering in pain, according to researchers.
Nov 6, 2014
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Medical research
Researchers to build wearable interface to make prosthetics more comfortable
UT Arlington researchers have been awarded a $744,300 grant from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthapaedic Research Program to create an adaptive interface that fits between a prosthetic and a patient's limb so ...
Oct 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First US child dies from enterovirus D68
A child in the northeastern US state of Rhode Island has become the first to die from an ongoing outbreak of a respiratory virus, enterovirus D68, health officials said Wednesday.
Oct 1, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus probed in paralysis cases in 9 US kids
(AP)—Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country.
Sep 27, 2014
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Surgery
Bone cancer surgical team sees success in new application of surgical aid
An ortho-oncology team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center successfully adapted a shoulder surgical aid (the Spider Limb Positioner) to conduct a left hip disarticulation on a melanoma patient as described ...
Sep 8, 2014
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Surgery
Good outcomes with multiple limb salvage after severe combat injuries
For survivors of severe combat injuries threatening more than one limb, reconstructive surgical procedures using tissue flaps have a good record of safety and effectiveness in avoiding amputation, reports a paper in the August ...
Jul 30, 2014
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Medical research
Do salamanders hold the key to limb regeneration?
The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by University College London researchers in a bid to apply it to humans.
Jun 19, 2014
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Cardiology
Adverse outcomes up for lower extremity PVI in females
(HealthDay)—Female patients undergoing lower extremity (LE)-peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) are at increased risk for adverse outcomes, but have similar procedural success as men, according to a study published online ...
May 15, 2014
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Cardiology
Women and PAD: Excellent treatment outcomes in spite of disease severity
Women face greater limits on their lifestyle and have more severe symptoms as a result of peripheral artery disease (PAD), but minimally invasive procedures used to unclog arteries are just as successful as in men.
May 5, 2014
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Medical research
Bionic ankle 'emulates nature'
These days, Hugh Herr, an associate professor of media arts and sciences at MIT, gets about 100 emails daily from people across the world interested in his bionic limbs.
Apr 17, 2014
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