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Can a Medical Device Restore Your Balance?
Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an ...
This week, a sample of the mosquito population in Larimer County in Northern Colorado tested positive for West Nile virus.
Beyond dizziness, you want to look out for the sudden onset of “the worst headache of your life and any loss of limb function,” Dr. Hume says. Other common stroke symptoms include numbness on one side ...
After two weeks in space, astronauts experience muscle and bone loss due to the lack of gravity. Bone density also decreases, making them more susceptible to fractures. Apart from that, they may also ...
Although Tissium first demonstrated its polymer material as a cardiovascular sealant, the application that the FDA just ...
Nerve Injury, inflammation, or compression usually cause these symptoms. Conditions such as spinal nerve compression due to spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome and peripheral neuropathy usually ...
Patients with occipital headache experienced relief with 60 days of peripheral nerve stimulation, according to data presented ...
New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...
Patients with a small cranial nerve tumor that can cause hearing loss, vertigo, imbalance and ringing in the ears have typically been watched rather than proactively treated, as the risks of early ...
A 25-year-old male patient presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular (IM) injections. Blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging of his spine ...
A novel therapy involving electrical pulses to the vagus nerve might unlock the brain’s hidden potential to rewire itself, ...