In Mice, Gene Therapy Helps Restore Movement After Spinal Cord Injury
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Gene therapy has restored mobility in mice with completely severed spinal cords, researchers report.The mice regained the ability to walk, with gait patterns resembling those of mice that resumed walking n…
Learn MoreWhat Is ‘Sexsomnia’? And ‘Sleep Eating’? Can They Be Treated?
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Everyone’s seen a movie or TV show featuring someone sleepwalking — eyes half-lidded, bumbling around, tripping over furniture.But sleepwalkers are actually capable of much more complex behaviors during t…
Learn MoreaHSCT Beneficial for Most Patients With Relapsing-Remitting MS
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) yields freedom from disease activity for most patients, according to a study publishe…
Learn MoreEl 40% de los pacientes recuerdan tener cierta conciencia durante experiencias cercanas a la muerte
VIERNES, 15 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Durante mucho tiempo, la gente ha hablado sobre tener experiencias cercanas a la muerte en las cuales sentían que observaban su propio cuerpo desde arriba mientras otros intentaban salvarlos.Ahora,…
Learn More40% of Patients Recall Some Consciousness During Near Death Experiences
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People have long talked about having near-death experiences in which they felt they were looking down on themselves while others tried to save them. Now, researchers have documented some of those experience…
Learn MoreIncluso lesiones leves en la cabeza aumentan el riesgo de sufrir un accidente vascular cerebral
JUEVES, 14 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cualquier lesión en la cabeza — incluso una leve — aumenta el riesgo de una persona de tener un accidente vascular cerebral isquémico en el futuro.Tener múltiples lesiones aumenta ese riesgo, inclus…
Learn MoreAcross America, Many Who Need a Neurologist Live Too Far From Care
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many Medicare patients can’t get help close to home for brain and nervous system issues.Nearly 1 in 5 Medicare recipients in the United States live at least 50 miles from their neurologist.“Our study found …
Learn More17 Percent of Patients Seeing Neurologist Travel Long Distance
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Seventeen percent of Medicare beneficiaries travel a long distance to visit a neurologist, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Neurology.Chun Chieh Lin, Ph.D., from the University of Michigan…
Learn MoreEl riesgo de demencia aumenta a medida que disminuye la tasa de actividad
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Reforzando la idea de que un cuerpo fuerte equivale a una mente fuerte, una nueva investigación indica que cuanto más inactivos son los ancianos, mayor es su riesgo de demencia.El hallazgo provie…
Learn MoreEven a Mild Head Injury Raises the Odds for Stroke
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Any head injury — even a mild one — raises a person’s risk of later having an ischemic stroke. Having multiple injuries increases that risk, even more so than the severity of a single traumatic brain injur…
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