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View ArticleKessler scientists monitor Ekso device in six patients with traumatic SCI
Monitored by scientists at Kessler Foundation, six people with traumatic spinal cord injuries tested Ekso, the robotic exoskeleton from Ekso Bionics that enables wheelchair users to stand and walk.
View ArticleIntraoperative monitoring of spinal cord may help prevent paralysis
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...
View ArticleWVU Healthcare surgeon implants diaphragmatic pacemaker in young quadriplegic
A surgeon for WVU Healthcare has implanted a diaphragmatic pacemaker in a pediatric patient, making West Virginia University's medical center only the second in the country to use this device on a...
View ArticleSome hand function restored in quadriplegic patient with spinal cord injury
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck....
View ArticleNovel technique can restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury
Justin M. Brown, MD, reconstructive neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of only a few specialists in the world who have pioneered a novel technique to restore hand function in patients...
View ArticleNarrow therapeutic window for Canavan disease
Gene therapy for Canavan disease slows brain atrophy and stabilizes patients’ clinical condition, show findings that highlight the need for very early diagnosis and intervention.
View ArticleJohns Hopkins researchers find that diagnostic errors accounted for largest...
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors — not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses — accounted for the largest fraction of...
View ArticleExperts in brain and spinal cord injuries to discuss treatment approaches at...
Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and spinal cord injuries are complex problems that can present with a variety of symptoms or sequelae.
View ArticleBioengineer wins NIH grant to advance brain-computer interface technology
Less than two years ago, a brain-computer interface designed at the University of Pittsburgh allowed Jan Scheuermann to control a robotic arm solely with her thoughts. Using the arm to bring a...
View ArticleState highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?
Two years ago, Massachusetts set what was considered an ambitious goal: The state would not let that persistent monster, rising health care costs, increase faster than the economy as a whole.
View ArticleStudy provides insights into genetic underpinnings of childhood epilepsies
Technological advances in genetic analysis have uncovered changes in single genes that account for a surprising number of infantile and early-childhood epilepsies. Though some of the affected genes...
View ArticleFecal transplantation cures C. diff infection, eliminates multi-drug...
A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the...
View ArticleJust think about it: Giving natural movement to a patient with quadriplegia
Paralysis is often the result of nerve damage that prevents commands from the brain being relayed to muscle to cause movement...
View ArticleStudy compares aripiprazole and quetiapine for treatment of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a common cause of incapacity and is ranked as the third-most-disabling illness subsequent to dementia and quadriplegia.
View ArticleTendon transfer for quadriplegics greatly underused, article reveals
A surgery for quadriplegics called tendon transfer can significantly improve hand and elbow function, but the procedure is greatly underused, according to an article in the journal Hand Clinics by...
View ArticleMan with quadriplegia uses implanted technologies to restore arm and hand...
Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His motions were slow and deliberate, but then Kochevar hadn't moved his right arm or hand for eight years.
View ArticleBioengineer wins NIH grant to advance brain-computer interface technology
Less than two years ago, a brain-computer interface designed at the University of Pittsburgh allowed Jan Scheuermann to control a robotic arm solely with her thoughts. Using the arm to bring a...
View ArticleState highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?
Two years ago, Massachusetts set what was considered an ambitious goal: The state would not let that persistent monster, rising health care costs, increase faster than the economy as a whole.
View ArticleStudy provides insights into genetic underpinnings of childhood epilepsies
Technological advances in genetic analysis have uncovered changes in single genes that account for a surprising number of infantile and early-childhood epilepsies. Though some of the affected genes...
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