Surgery
Use of surgical robots booming despite hefty cost
Dr. John Lenihan sits at a computer console about 20 feet from his hysterectomy patient lying on the operating table.
Jul 17, 2012
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Surgery
Navigational technology used in self-driving cars aids brain surgery visualization
Accessing the brain for neurosurgery involves drilling and cutting that can cause deep-brain anatomy to shift or become distorted. This can create discrepancies between pre-operative imaging and the actual state of the brain ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Medications
Japan's Fujifilm starts Avigan trial to treat coronavirus
Japan's Fujifilm has begun clinical trials to test the effectiveness of its anti-flu drug Avigan in treating patients with the new coronavirus, after reports of promising results in China.
Apr 1, 2020
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Health
How to exercise on 'rest and recovery' days
(HealthDay)—Taking a day off from a favorite exercise doesn't mean spending the time sitting on the couch.
May 16, 2019
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Health
The valley of recovery marks progress: Modeling how fine motor skills are regained after stroke
When learning to manipulate objects again after a stroke, a different grip strategy may be used as a stop gap, to compensate for any difficulties experienced during the healing period. When an area of the brain loses its ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Pediatrics
Study finds adolescents with concussion may benefit from more activity earlier
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital have found that when it comes to concussion recovery, activity type matters. In a study published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that limiting screen ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns
More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed and with their own quirks and restrictions ...
May 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds light on factors that may predispose some COVID patients to recover more slowly
Early in the pandemic, many people who had SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 began to report that they couldn't shake off their symptoms even after a month or more—unusually long for a viral infection of the upper respiratory ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Medications
Gilead's $2,340 price for coronavirus drug draws criticism
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists teach machines to predict recovery time from sports-related concussions
The prevalence of concussions in sports is well known. So, too, is the challenge clinicians and others face when they have to decide when an athlete can return to the game after a head injury. While most athletes recover ...
Mar 7, 2019
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