JNIS: brain-computer allows patients with severe paralysis to text, email, bank
FAIRFAX, Va. — Researchers demonstrated the success of a fully implantable wireless medical device, the Stentrode™ brain-computer interface (BCI), designed
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A study has demonstrated that omega-3 rich foods improve post-heart attack prognosis
Regularly consuming omega-3, from both animal and vegetable origins, strengthens the heart’s membranes thereby helping to reduce the risk of hospital readmission and mortality after a heart attack
Read moreStudy reinforces drug’s potential to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Research at Washington State University sheds new light on one molecule that may be used to treat a heart condition
Read moreNearly one in three young adults in the US does not know common stroke symptoms
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Read moreDiscovery of new cell may be key to treating incurable neurological diseases
Researchers at Ohio State and the University of Michigan discovered a new type of immune cell that not only rescues damaged nerve cells from death, but partially reverses nerve fiber damage.
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New Landmark Study at UM School of Medicine Finds Aspirin Use Reduces Risk of Death in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were taking a daily low-dose aspirin to protect against cardiovascular disease had a significantly lower risk of complications and death compared to those who were not taking aspirin, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
Read moreNew tool can diagnose strokes with a smartphone
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new tool created by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital could diagnose a
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New research reveals why low oxygen damages the brain
Brain cell dysfunction in low oxygen is, surprisingly, caused by the very same responder system that is intended to be protective, according to a new published study by a team of researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Read moreLSU Health New Orleans review suggests HNB tobacco products may threaten health
New Orleans, LA – A review of heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco products from the laboratory of Dr. Jason Gardner, Professor of
Read moreNew global programme funded to target COVID-19 neurological disease
The University of Liverpool is leading a new global project to better understand how and why COVID-19 affects the brain
Read moreResults from the REFLECT II Trial reported at TCT Connect
Randomized trial studies device designed to reduce embolic events in patients undergoing TAVR
Read moreResults from the MITHRAS trial reported at TCT Connect and published in Circulation
Trial finds that interventional closure of residual atrial septal defect one-month post transcatheter mitral valve repair was not superior to medical treatment
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