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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News tagged with nerve damage
Ophthalmology
Researchers stimulate neuroprotection and optic nerve regeneration in mouse models of glaucoma
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness due to optic nerve damage and the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Presently, reducing intraocular pressure is the sole evidence-based therapy for glaucoma patients, ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Medical research
Molecular hydrogen as a new strategy for the treatment of chronic pain
Twenty percent of the Spanish population suffers from chronic pain, and between 7 and 10% from neuropathic pain. This condition, mostly caused by nerve damage, causes people to feel intense and constant pain. Treatments are ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Diabetes
10 ways to prevent diabetes complications
More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and more than 96 million adults in the U.S.—over one-third—have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nov 29, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Trial shows benefits of two forms of ankle surgery for osteoarthritis
Patients with advanced ankle osteoarthritis who undergo surgery see equally good outcomes from the two main surgical treatments for osteoarthritis, a new study led by UCL researchers has shown.
Nov 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 causes neurological damage
Although the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 does not infect nerve cells, it can cause damage to the nervous system. Researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have studied the mechanisms responsible ...
Nov 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
New flexible, steerable device placed in live brains by minimally invasive robot
Imperial College London scientists have successfully placed a bioinspired steerable catheter into the brain of an animal for the first time.
Oct 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Pain-sensing gut neurons protect against inflammation
Neurons that sense pain protect the gut from inflammation and associated tissue damage by regulating the microbial community living in the intestines, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Oct 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Lipids in blood predict nerve damage risk among patients with type 2 diabetes
Of the 37 million Americans with diabetes, up to 50% may end up with nerve damage, or diabetic neuropathy, that can be painful and disabling.
Sep 29, 2022
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Medications
Health system first in nation to offer treatment for hereditary amyloidosis
UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare disease that can be fatal without management. Previously, ...
Aug 18, 2022
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