Medical research
Vibration may help heal chronic wounds
Wounds may heal more quickly if exposed to low-intensity vibration, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mar 31, 2014
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Health
Lending a helping foot: UD Parkinson's study brings subject from California to Delaware
Jack Brill is determined to walk, but Parkinson's disease causes his feet to "freeze" when he tries to move forward.
Nov 5, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Robotic therapy helps children's coordination
Researchers from the University of Leeds are developing an innovative new robotic device that helps children to practise and improve their hand coordination.
Sep 9, 2013
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Neuroscience
Cellular channels vital for hearing identified
Ending a 30-year search by scientists, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have identified two proteins in the inner ear that are critical for hearing, which, when damaged by genetic mutations, cause a form of delayed, ...
Jul 18, 2013
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Medical research
Hearing loss clue uncovered
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Monash University have discovered how hearing loss in humans ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Neuroscience
Brain ultrasound improves mood
Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques aimed at mental and neurological conditions include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression, and transcranial direct current (electrical) stimulation (tDCS), shown ...
May 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Belt to prevent and rehabilitate lower back pain launched
FIK, Tecnalia and BTS launch a belt to prevent lower back pain problems and provide rehabilitation at home and at work. The Lumbia device can be used for patient´s assessment, and for therapy during postural reeducation.
Apr 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Virtual vehicle vibrations
"Sit up straight in your chair!" That command given by countless parents to their children may one day be delivered by vehicle designers to a robot that is actually a computerized model of a long-distance truck driver or ...
Feb 11, 2013
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Medical research
New implant replaces impaired middle ear
(Medical Xpress)—Functionally deaf patients can gain normal hearing with a new implant that replaces the middle ear. The unique invention from the Chalmers University of Technology has been approved for a clinical study. ...
Jan 14, 2013
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Diabetes
High unawareness of distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy
(HealthDay)—A high percentage of older adults with diabetes and prediabetes are unaware of having clinical distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN), according to a study published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Care.
Jan 10, 2013
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