A Johns Hopkins materials scientist and collaborators have developed a tiny device that may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis, a condition affecting approximately ...
DURHAM, N.C. (IVANHOE NEWSWIRE) - Nearly 16 million American adults have chronic backaches, stabbing, and pulsing pain that cannot be easily relieved by medication or physical therapy. In some cases, ...
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Almost 16 million American adults complain of chronic backaches. It’s a stabbing, pulsing pain that can’t be easily relieved by medication or physical therapy. But now there ...
Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...
Gobsmacked, astonished, I realize that learned helplessness almost prevented me from getting the full benefits of my spinal ...
An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...
BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Thirty-seven million Americans have diabetes, a condition where your body doesn’t make insulin or doesn’t use it well ...
People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...
Research participant Heather Rendulic prepares to grasp and move a can of tomato soup at Rehab Neural Engineering Labs at the University of Pittsburgh. (Tim Betler/UPMC and University of Pittsburgh ...
Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away. The ...
In a recent small study, an implanted device that stimulates the spinal cord helped restore arm and hand mobility in two stroke survivors, enabling them to manage simple daily tasks like using a fork ...
A pilot clinical trial found electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is feasible, well-tolerated and shows therapeutic potential to treat depression. Principal investigator Francisco Romo-Nava, MD, ...
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