by Laura Wright, University of Kentucky Last September, Guy Bradley began having episodes of severe and sudden confusion with night sweats and nausea. “He’d wake up and not know where he was or what day it was,” said his wife, Harriet. Also troubling: the 69-year old suddenly could not find his way around the golf course he’d played all his...
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Virtual reality helps ease the pain for wound care patients
By Blain Fairbairn In a Canadian first, patients undergoing wound care procedures at Calgary’s Rockyview General Hospital are now using a virtual-reality program to help ease pain and anxiety. Image: Physiotherapists Jaclyn Frank, left, and Jane Crosley, right, help patient Graydon Cuthbertson take his mind off a painful wound care procedure thanks to virtual reality....
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Parkinson’s Disease at a cellular level: Recent research
Parkinson’s disease affects around one million people in the US and between seven and ten million worldwide. In people with Parkinson’s disease, the neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die off. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, a chemical that helps send messages in the brain. It is involved in many functions such as movement, reward,...
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FDA Approves Lucemyra, The First Non-Opioid Drug For Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms Up To 14 Days
Withdrawal symptoms from opioids are often very difficult to manage, but the approval of a new treatment could change all of that for patients. The Food and Drug Administration approved of Lucemyra, a treatment for adults suffering from opioid withdrawal symptoms. It has been approved for patients to use up to 14 days. What Drug...
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