Now, a St. Louis-area teenage boy and a computer game have gone hands-off, thanks to a unique experiment conducted by a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and engineers at Washington University in St. Louis. The boy, a 14-year-old who su...

Children with cerebral palsy and other neurological problems often have extremely poor eyesight. Their ability to read, pick up objects and "see" the world is so impaired and complicated to treat that many go untreated, even though they ma...

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may slow cognitive decline in some patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease, according to findings from Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Sweden. However, the positive affect of Omega-3 do not appear in ca...

Defects in the growth process of our neurons often underlie brain or nerve diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease or multiple sclerosis. Scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to the Katholi...

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) have announced that six major studies of common diseases have been selected as the first to undergo whole genome analysis by the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN). Th...

Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) sends microcurrents to the brain via electrodes clipped to the ears. CES can effectively treat spinal, head, dental, and muscle pain and control conditions associated with pain (anxiety, depression,...

We examined the racial/ethnic classifications of 1,084 veterans with stroke in Florida who received inpatient and outpatient services within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system. We compared the reliability of racial/e...

We studied how neuromuscular stimulation through a magnetic coil and a sacral anterior root stimulator (SARS) implant (used for bladder emptying) affects pressure and skin blood circulation under the ischial tuberosities (ITs) of participa...

Linear polarized near-infrared light has been used to treat various painful disorders. We examinedthe effects of irradiation applied to an area near the lumbar sympathetic ganglia on the ligated side in a chronic constriction injury model...

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated (Nasdaq: LEXG) announced today that its research program to identify targets that may be important in the development of drugs to prevent or treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been extended for an additio...