Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Aug 7 2023 The spinal cord is harder to access and study than even the brain. The challenges posed by its mobility and anatomical structure have made understanding exactly how it functions difficult. Rice University engineers will work with collaborators to optimize an array of nanoelectronic threads, or NETs ⎯...
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Novel Tool Accurately Predicts Suicide After Self-Harm
Megan Brooks July 06, 2023 Investigators have developed and validated a new risk calculator to help predict death by suicide in the 6 to 12 months after an episode of nonfatal self-harm, new research shows. A study led by Seena Fazel, MBChB, MD, University of Oxford, UK, suggests the Oxford Suicide Assessment Tool for Self-harm (OxSATS) may help guide treatment decisions...
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Novel Tool Empowers Patients to Resolve Vertigo on Their Own
Megan Brooks January 19, 2023 A web-based system can help patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) diagnose and treat a recurrent bout of dizziness on their own, results of a randomized controlled trial show. “BPPV appears to be a vestibular disorder that is highly appropriate for telemedicine and digital therapeutics,” write investigators, led by Hyo-Jung Kim, PhD, and...