While we might often take our sense of touch for granted, for researchers developing technologies to restore limb function in people paralyzed due to spinal cord injury or disease, re-establishing the sense of touch is an essential part of the process. And on April 23 in the journal Cell, a team of researchers at Battelle...
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What Causes A Rare Disease That Paralyzes Kids? Researchers Home In On A Virus
ALLISON AUBREY The condition strikes young children. It can start with run-of-the-mill virus symptoms, like fever or sniffles. But, then the kids lose control of their limbs, may have trouble swallowing or breathing, or even end up paralyzed. This terrifying experience happened to more than 570 families since 2014, whose children were struck with an...
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Health anxiety tends to rise after age 50. It doesn’t have to take over your life
by Stacey Burling After she broke her neck in a car accident at age 28, Renee Tucker’s doctors told her that her newly repaired spine would never be as strong as it was before. Another accident could paralyze her. She’s not allowed to run or ride on roller coasters, but the Buckingham Township mother of...
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Hour-long ‘life-changing’ operation that brings paralyzed limbs back to life could banish the pain of nerve damage
An hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons Procedure can banish crippling, constant pain by repairing or replacing nerves Consultant surgeons have warned ‘too many’ patients are left paralyzed or in agonizing pain waiting for damaged nerves to recover By CAROL DAVIS FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY A simple hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons left permanently disabled due to damaged nerves. The...
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What types of pain can virtual reality relieve?
Pain medicine experts have clarified which types of pain can be best treated by time in virtual reality for people who have had an arm amputated or paralyzed. Twenty minutes watching a virtual replacement arm perform simple tasks can reduce feelings of uncontrolled or unnatural movement, but sensations of shooting or burning nerve pain may be unchanged. People with amputated limbs often feel pain in the limb that is no longer present,...
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With brain implants, scientists hope to translate paralyzed patients’ thoughts into speech
The brain surgeon began as he always does, making an incision in the scalp and gently spreading it apart to expose the skull. He then drilled a 3-inch circular opening through the bone, down to the thick, tough covering called the dura. He sliced through that, and there in the little porthole he’d made was...