Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors to treat type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of lower limb amputation and diabetic ketoacidosis (a serious diabetes complication) compared with another ...
Nov 14, 2018
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In 2015, after decades of fruitless lobbying, Canadian survivors of thalidomide finally received compensation from the federal government.
Oct 25, 2018
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France's health minister on Sunday announced a new investigation into the births of several babies with upper limb defects in various parts of the country in recent years, saying it was "unacceptable" no cause had been found.
Oct 21, 2018
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Individual arm movements are represented by neural activity in both the left and right hemispheres of the brain, according to a study of epilepsy patients published in JNeurosci. This finding suggests the unaffected hemisphere ...
Oct 8, 2018
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Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan of Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed a new theory for the origin of the mysterious phenomenon of phantom limb pain. Published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, his hypothesis ...
Sep 6, 2018
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Treatments that restore blood flow to the lower limbs of people with a serious circulation condition may be cheaper and associated with longer survival, than amputation according to new research in Journal of the American ...
Aug 15, 2018
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The famous idiom "seeing is believing" is not enough to help amputees with the use of their prosthetic limb. Many amputees opt out of prolonged use of their prosthetic limb because their perception of their missing limb simply ...
Aug 14, 2018
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New research published in The Journal of Physiology highlights how exercise could help people exposed to extreme temperatures protect themselves from the cold. This could be useful for people who live and work in very cold ...
Aug 14, 2018
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People with obesity are known to be at increased risk for coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease. Now, a new study shows obesity may also increase the chance of developing peripheral artery disease.
Aug 9, 2018
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Researchers from the University of Salford have used new techniques to show that people with artificial arms and hands are doing damage to their intact limbs.
Jul 25, 2018
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