by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCombining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024. The meeting will be held in Phoenix, Feb. 7-9....
by Elana Gotkine For women with overactive bladder (OAB), percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) is associated with improvement of symptoms, according to a study published online May 16 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Connor McPhail, from FBW Gynaecology Plus in Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study to examine the long-term efficacy of PTNS treatment...
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET The nervous system is known to communicate with the immune system and regulate inflammation in the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show how electrical activation of a specific nerve can promote healing in acute inflammation. The finding, which is published in the journal PNAS, opens new ways to accelerate resolution of...
by Graz University of Technology A completely new type of implant: a wafer-thin and light-sensitive pigment film, for example to stimulate nerve cells. Credit: Lunghammer – TU Graz An international research team has successfully developed and tested a concept in which nerves are stimulated with light pulses. The method provides considerable advantages for medicine and...
A first-of-a-kind nerve stimulation treatment for people who have problems moving their arms after a stroke has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “People who have lost mobility in their hands and arms due to ischemic stroke are often limited in their treatment options for regaining motor function,” explained Dr. Christopher Loftus. He is...
by Leiden University Credit: Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels Extremely painful chronic cluster headaches—sometimes referred to as ‘suicide headaches’ – can be prevented by stimulating the occipital nerve in the back of the head, according to research conducted by Professor Emeritus of Neurology Michel Ferrari from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). The study showed that nerve stimulation...
Erik Greb June 08, 2021 A non-invasive, self-administered neurostimulation device recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is safe, tolerable, and offers “highly effective” pain relief in acute migraine, new research shows. Results of a randomized, sham-controlled trial show 46% of patients with acute migraine achieved complete freedom from pain 2 hours after treatment...
A project to measure the effects of electrical stimulation of a major nerve that could hold the key to new treatments for a range of diseases from epilepsy to depression is underway at the University of Bath. Members of C3Bio, the University’s Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices, are working to improve understanding of how the...
Researchers devise a new approach to regaining movement after stroke. PM Images/Getty Images Strokes often leave people with reduced arm function, which is difficult to regain. While physical therapy may help, full recovery is elusive and becomes even less achievable the more time passes after a stroke. A new study documents what could be a...
(CNN)The first medical device to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was OK’d Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration. Designated for children ages 7 to 12 who are not currently on medication for the disorder, the device delivers a low-level electrical pulse to the parts of the brain responsible for ADHD...
