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Virtual Reality Tele-Rehab Enhances Hand Function Through Gaming

“While these initial encouraging results were in teens with limited hand and arm function due to perinatal brain injury, we suspect using these games could…

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New Stroke Therapy Restores Limb Function in Rats

People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well…

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Loss of Epigenetic Regulators Causes Mental Retardation

The improper functioning of one specific protein complex that normally suppresses gene activation is responsible for a mental retardation-like syndrome in…

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New research: Sticking to diets is about more than willpower — complexity matters

While this does matter, new research has found that a much more subtle aspect of the diets themselves can also have a big influence on the pounds shed –…

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Major Donation Boosts Breast Cancer Research Efforts

“We are very happy to be donating money to the fight against breast cancer, especially in light of our own family history,” says Märit Rausing. “Hans's mother…

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New Target Discovered to Combat Cancer Tumor Growth

For a cancer tumour to be able to grow larger than the size of a pea, the cancer cells need to stimulate the formation of new blood vessels that can supply the…

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Research adds to evidence that autism is a brain 'connectivity' disorder

Studying a rare disorder known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers at Children's Hospital Boston add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that…

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New TMN Staging System Proves Effective for Lung Cancer

The medical records of 1,393 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who underwent complete resection were thoroughly reviewed for pathologic findings and…

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New approach to fighting Alzheimer's shows potential in clinical trial

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, patients typically suffer a major loss of the brain connections necessary for memory and information processing….

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Each Pound at Birth Cuts TB Risk, Study Finds

Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at how much protection additional birth weight added against developing the disease years later. They found…

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New approach to fighting Alzheimer's shows potential in clinical trial

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, patients typically suffer a major loss of the brain connections necessary for memory and information processing….

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Pediatric Cancer Survivors Face Increased Heart Disease Risk

Lillian R. Meacham, M.D., medical director of the Cancer Survivor Program and professor of pediatrics at Emory University, extracted data from the Childhood…

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Addressing Race-Based Misdiagnosis in Healthcare Today

Race-based misdiagnosis emerged in the context of the civil rights era of the 1960s and 1970s, when activism became equated with mental illness, says Jonathan…

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High Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Lowers Health Care Costs

Researchers examined the effect of antiretroviral therapy adherence on direct health care costs and found that antiretroviral therapy improves health outcomes…

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Link Between H. Pylori and Stomach Cancer Mechanisms Uncovered

Chronic infection with H. pylori is a well-documented risk factor for several forms of gastric cancer, but researchers have not yet determined the mechanisms…

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New Insight Links Diabetic Complications to Nerve Damage

The key to better treating retinopathy – damage to blood vessels in the retina that affects up to 80 percent of diabetic patients – lies not in the retina but…

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