Explains why some motor neurons are not vulnerable to ALS and points to potential therapeutic target Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a gene, called matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), that appears to ...
Colonial Manor Cleburne, Advanced Healthcare of Garland and Winfield Rehab and Nursing, top-notch rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, located in Cleburne, Garland, and Crockett, Texas, will be providing free flu shots to seniors 65 ...
Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. NPR: 5 Simple Habits Can Help Doctors Connect With Patients I'd never [before] been encouraged to sit at a patient's bedside -; to stop hurrying for even a ...
Tags: Obesity Origins, Children with Chronic Disease, Health&Medicine
In honor of its broad-based efforts to improve the lives of the most vulnerable members of its community, Crozer-Keystone Health System in Delaware County, Pa. is the recipient of the 2013 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community ...
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Speech involves the use of both sides of the brain, according to a study that may overturn the widely held belief that only one side of the brain is used for this task. The findings improve understanding of how speech is generated in the ...
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Virtual reality, dance and fun are not the first things that come to mind when we think of treating urinary incontinence in senior women. However, these concepts were the foundations of a promising study by Dr. Chantal Dumoulin, PhD, Canada ...
Women who completed therapy experienced significant improvement in urinary incontinence, defecatory dysfunction and pelvic pain One in three women suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), a range of symptoms which include bladder and ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Heritage Oil Plc ("Heritage" or the "Company") (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company provides an operational update, that includes unaudited information and may be subject to further review. ...
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It's no surprise that a cynical attitude towards the prospect of change makes change harder to implement. But it's important to understand that cynicism happens at an Individual and workplace-wide level and both must be addressed to get ...
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Daisy Bicking, a farrier based in Parkesburg, Pa., has been documenting horses' hooves for more than a decade. Over this time she has built a database of around 200,000 hoof images and radiographs-many of which belong to horses suffering ...
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Young people who suffer a concussion often want to return to school and begin using electronics right away, but resuming everyday life too quickly might delay recovery, researchers say. Kids who give their brains a few days' rest and ...
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Mazor Robotics, the developer of Renaissance, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced orders of two Renaissance systems in late December, ending the 2013 fourth quarter with a total of seven system ...
The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users to control and The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users toconsole without the need to touch a game controller, and provides rehabilitation ...
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NASA engineers like what they see in Microsoft Kinect 2 as they continue to work on space robots. A NASA video released earlier this month shows how it is leveraging a combination of Kinect 2 along with Oculus Rift, the virtual reality ...
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At St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the centuries-old practice of yoga is combined with nutrition education to help young cancer patients manage their disease today and lay the foundation for a healthy future. The program was created ...