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Monitoring Spinal Cord During Surgery May Help Prevent Paralysis
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[07/03/2012] The American Academy of Neurology is issuing an updated guideline that recommends monitoring the spinal cord during spinal surgery and certain chest surgeries to help prevent paralysis, or loss of muscle function, related to the surgeries.Monitoring Spinal Cord During Surgery May Help Prevent Paralysis - Read more
Target Causes of Everyday MS Symptoms
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[22/02/2012] Annoying, frustrating symptoms like difficulty hearing or remembering things can complicate everyday living for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, but most research to date has focused on the disease's less frequent but more debilitating consequences.Target Causes of Everyday MS Symptoms - Read more
Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence of Arthritis
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[20/02/2012] An Australian study revealed more than 30 per cent of people living in socially disadvantaged areas reported having arthritis, as opposed to 18.5 per cent in the more affluent areas.Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence of Arthritis - Read more
Smartphone Training Helps People with Memory Impairment
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[13/02/2012] A smartphone training program, theory-driven and specifically designed for individuals with memory impairment, can result in "robust" improvements in day-to-day functioning, and boost independence and confidence levels.Smartphone Training Helps People with Memory Impairment - Read more
Diabetes Study Shines Spotlight on Lifestyle Interventions
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[25/01/2012] An Emory University study assesses real-world lifestyle interventions to help delay or prevent the costly chronic disease that affects nearly 26 million Americans.Diabetes Study Shines Spotlight on Lifestyle Interventions - Read more
MS Patients: Hopes for Reversing Age-Associated Effects
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[18/01/2012] New research of the University of Cambridge highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.MS Patients: Hopes for Reversing Age-Associated Effects - Read more
Type 2 Diabetes: Scientists Reassess Weight Loss Surgery
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[16/01/2012] Weight loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, according to a new study. Whereas some previous studies have claimed that up to 80 per cent of diabetes patients have been cured following gastric bypass surgery, researchers at Imperial College London found that only 41 per cent of patients achieve remission using more stringent criteria.Type 2 Diabetes: Scientists Reassess Weight Loss Surgery - Read more
Parkinson's Treatment Shows Positive Results
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[13/01/2012] Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centres reported results that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS — is effective at improving motor symptoms and quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's Treatment Shows Positive Results - Read more
Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Suffer Cognitively During Disasters
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[09/01/2012] In a summer with unprecedented weather events, from tornados, floods, fires and hurricanes, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that physiological changes associated with aging and the presence of chronic illness make older adults more susceptible to illness or injury, even death, during a disaster.Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Suffer Cognitively During Disasters - Read more
Elderly Emergency Patients Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication
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[06/01/2012] A new study of University of North Carolina School of Medicine finds that people 75 years old or older are less likely to receive any pain medication in hospital emergency departments than middle aged people – those between 35 and 54 years old.Elderly Emergency Patients Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication - Read more
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