Neurotized Platysma Graft: A New Technique for Functional Reanimation of the Eye Sphincter in Longstanding Facial Paralysis
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NIH and FDA examine serious side effect that surfaced in COVID vaccine trial
The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered...
First 'plug and play' brain prosthesis demonstrated in a person with paralysis
In a significant advance, UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences researchers working towards a brain-controlled prosthetic limb have shown that machine learning techniques helped...
Inhibition of key receptor implicated in post-stroke damage and recovery
Many people who suffer a stroke are permanently disabled. Stroke remains the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. Source link...
Trust, fear and solidarity will determine the success of a COVID vaccine
Thousands of letters stuffed with money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his polio vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955. Everybody wanted...
Meditation-relaxation technique can help treat sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis – a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits – could...
Reelin inhibition may be effective for treating multiple sclerosis
In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), decreasing the amount of a protein made in the liver significantly protected against development of the disease’s...
Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis—a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits—could be treated using a...
UArizona researcher aims to deliver statins effectively into the brain of stroke patients
Every year in the United States, about 800,000 people experience a stroke. Many are left with neurological complications such as paralysis on one side of...
Implantable brain-computer interface shows promise to improve function in paralyzed patients
Researchers demonstrated the success of a fully implantable wireless medical device called a stentrode brain-computer interface designed to improve functional independence in patients with severe...
CDC: Don't Overlook Kids' AFM Symptoms in the Middle of COVID
(MedPage Today) — The every-other-year acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) outbreak in children looks to become even more complicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and early reporting...
Permanent muscle weakness in hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Objective To map the phenotypic spectrum in 55 individuals with mutations in CACNA1S known to cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) using medical history, muscle strength...
Op-Ed: Should We Save Everyone From COVID?
(MedPage Today) — ZDoggMD asks for some perspective on COVID-19 and the culture of “safetyism.” Below is a transcript of his remarks on the video:...
Researchers isolate protective antibodies for rare, polio-like disease in children
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have isolated human monoclonal antibodies that potentially can prevent a rare but...
Bilateral vocal cord paralysis after endoscopic placement of fully covered self-expandable metal stent for palliative treatment of malignant proximal esophageal obstruction: two case reports
Oesophageal stents have several well-known respiratory complications, including aspiration pneumonia, fistula and airway compression. However, bilateral vocal cord paralysis has rarely been described. Source link...
Researchers develop accurate and scalable method to record brain activity
A new method to accurately record brain activity at scale has been developed by researchers at the Crick, Stanford University and UCL. Source link...
The Socioemotional Effects of Facial Paralysis
Facial paralysis can occur at any time in an individual’s life. It may be present at birth due to a congenital disorder such as Moebius...
The Socioemotional Effects of Facial Paralysis
Facial paralysis can occur at any time in an individual’s life. It may be present at birth due to a congenital disorder such as Moebius...
Facial paralysis stigma takes emotional toll, especially when acquired later in life
People with facial paralysis are more likely to face depression and anxiety than the general population, especially if the paralysis occurs later in life rather...