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Laborers of Love

By Guest PostNovember 26, 2011Sciencehominins, horned owl, injured birds, treatment

Three volunteers who make a difference

A murmur runs through the audience as Bob Kriel withdraws his gloved hand from a darkened cage in the front of a small lecture room. (more…)

Brain Imaging Technique: New Hope for Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

By Guest PostMarch 2, 2011Health, Sciencebasal ganglia, biomedical engineering, brain imaging technique, brain oscillations, disease progression, l dopa, medication, mri, neural oscillations, neurology, parkinsons disease, patients, placebo pill, rachael seidler, radiology, ripple in the pond, scott peltier, symptoms, treatment, youngbin kwak

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A non-invasive brain imaging technique gives new hope to patients with Parkinson’s disease in finding new and better treatment plans and tracking the disease progression, a new University of Michigan study shows.

The technique uses an MRI to measure resting state brain activity oscillations, said Rachael Seidler, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and the Department of Psychology, and study author. (more…)

New CU Study Shows Acupressure Effective in Helping to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury

By Guest PostMarch 1, 20111 commentHealthacupressure, acupuncture treatments, afghanistan, complementary medicine, digit span test, effective, energy pathways, enhanced cognitive function, fingertips, Iraq, jin shin, jin shin treatments, kristina mcfadden, meridian, mild traumatic brain injury, military veterans, neuropsychological tests, placebo treatments, stimulate, stroop task, tbi, theresa hernandez, traumatic brain injury, treatment, u s war veterans

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury, a finding that may have implications for some U.S. war veterans returning home.

The study involved a treatment known as acupressure in which one’s fingertips are used to stimulate particular points on a person’s body — points similar to those stimulated with needles in standard acupuncture treatments, said CU-Boulder Professor Theresa Hernandez, lead study author. The results indicate a link between the acupressure treatments and enhanced cognitive function in study subjects with mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI. (more…)

Heat Therapy Could Be New Treatment for Parasitic Skin Disease

By Guest PostFebruary 20, 2011Healthheat therapy, hiv patient, parasitic skin disease, skin infection, treatment

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists are hoping that heat therapy could eventually replace a complex drug regimen as the first-line treatment of a parasitic skin infection common in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. (more…)

Lab Studies Show Promise for New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

By Guest PostNovember 21, 2010Healthchronic pain, inflammatory disease, multiple sclerosis, neurological problems, neuropathic pain, pain signals, treatment

Successfully treating and reversing the effects of multiple sclerosis, or MS, may one day be possible using a drug originally developed to treat chronic pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at Boulder. (more…)

A Sing-Song Way to a Cure for Speech Disorder

By Guest PostOctober 5, 20101 commentHealth, Sciencejessica colwell, laryngeal tremors, mozart, nandhu radhakrishnan, parkinson’s disease, puccini, sing-song way, speech disorder, traditional indian singing, treatment, wagner

*MU scientist compares classical singing to traditional Indian singing to find speech disorder treatment*

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Hindustani singing, a North Indian traditional style of singing, and classical singing, such as the music of Puccini, Mozart and Wagner, vary greatly in technique and sound. Now, speech-language pathology researchers at the University of Missouri are comparing the two styles in hopes of finding a treatment for laryngeal tremors, a vocal disorder associated with many neurological disorders that can result in severe communication difficulties. (more…)

How many people died from ‘Swine Flu’ till todate?

By ShamsAugust 4, 200913 commentsHealthA(H1N1), antivirals, bird flu, flu-like symptoms, H1N1, H5N1, influenza, inhaler, Mexico, pill, relenza, swine flu, tamiflu, treatment, vaccine, Washington state department of health, WHO

The H1N1 virus that’s responsible for the deadly ‘swine flu’ has killed so far till todate, 4^th of August 2009, at least 1,154 people worldwide, WHO says.

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