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Stroke Rehabilitation

A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to...

Diagnostics - news, views, blogs

A diagnostic test is any kind of medical test performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease. For example: to diagnose diseases to measure the progress or recovery from disease...

Clinical Trials Phase News

Clinical trials involving new drugs are commonly classified into four phases. Each phase of the drug approval process is treated as a separate clinical trial. The drug-development process will norma...

Tissue Growth Factors BMP 2

The classical tissue factors typically are proteins used for tissue repair and growth stimulation. Among the approved products are the growth factors PDGF, IGF, EGF, BMP and FGF. One of the commercial...

Better Patient Care And Improved Recovery Offered By Stroke Rehabilitation Robots

When it comes to stroke rehabilitation, it takes a dedicated team to help a person regain as much independence as possible: physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech-langua...

Hospital for Special Surgery physical therapist offers marathon recovery tips

Close to 47,000 runners have spent the past several months training for the ING New York City Marathon. Once they have completed the race and achieved their goals, there are measures they can take to...

Corneal Graft Recovery Following Penetrating Keratoplasty

What are some of the factors that predict corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection post-PKP? BMC Ophthalmology

Surgeon experience, nerve-sparing skill help ensure post-RP function

Men undergoing robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer should look for a physician who has performed at least 1,000 surgeries and who actively seeks to improve and enhance his surgical skills t...

Property Damage Restoration Franchise, PuroClean, Mobilizes to Help With Post-Sandy Recovery

TAMARAC, Fla., Nov. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PuroClean, Inc., a national property emergency restoration company and member of the American Red Cross Disaster Responder (DR) Program, has dispatched...

Delray Recovery Center Kickstarts Treatment with Integrated Recovery Program by CrossFit

Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 23, 2013 Delray Recovery Center is introducing the integrated recovery program by CrossFit as a way for patients to combine the healthy body benefits of the wild...

RegeneRx’s Thymosin Beta 4 can promote recovery of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. reports that U.S. researchers have found that Thymosin Beta 4 (Tβ4) promotes statistically significant recovery of peripheral neuropathy in type II diabetic mice inc...

Post-chemotherapy T-cell recovery is a marker of improved survival in patients with advanced thoracic malignancies

CaCl(2) improves post-drought recovery potential in Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze.

Drought stress affects the growth and productivity of the tea plant. However, the damage caused is not permanent. The present investigation studies the effect of CaCl(2) on antioxidative responses of...

Cerebral Oxygenation and Oxygen Extraction in the Preterm Infant during Desaturation: Effects of Increasing FiO(2) to Assist Recovery.

Background: In the clinical setting, episodes of desaturation in newborn infants are often treated by increasing the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO(2)). Objectives: To study the effect of an increas...

Cold application for neuromuscular recovery following intense lower-body exercise.

This study examined the effects of cold therapy (COLD) on recovery of voluntary and evoked contractile properties following high-intensity, muscle-damaging and fatiguing exercise. Ten resistance-train...

The effect of mild post-stroke exercise on reactive neurogenesis and recovery of somatosensation in aged rats.

Exercise impacts the cellular response and behavioral recovery following stroke, but has not been widely investigated in aged animals. We tested the hypothesis that gentle post-stroke exercise could e...

Recovery in Soccer: Part I - Post-Match Fatigue and Time Course of Recovery.

In elite soccer, players are frequently required to play consecutive matches interspersed by 3 days and complete physical performance recovery may not be achieved. Incomplete recovery might result in...