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Silk brain implant could aid spinal injuries, epilepsy

2010-04-18T10:45:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brain implant made partly of silk can melt onto the surface of the brain, providing an "intimate" connection for recording signals, researchers reported on Sunday.

Tests of their device showed the thin, flexible electrodes recorded signals from a cat's brain more accurately than thicker, stiff devices.

Such devices might help people with epilepsy, spinal cord injuries and even help oper...

Perilesional Brain Edema Associated with Seizures

2010-10-23T19:01:25Z

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Myoclonus

2010-04-16T17:57:28Z

What is Myoclonus?Myoclonus refers to a sudden, involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles. In its simplest form, myoclonus consists of a muscle twitch followed by relaxation. A hiccup is an example of this type of myoclonus. Other familiar examples of myoclonus are the jerks or "sleep starts" that some people experience while drifting off to sleep. These simple forms of myoclonus occur in normal, healthy persons and cause no difficulties. When more widespread, myoclonus may involve ...

Hospitals to study child seizures

2010-09-08T21:43:59Z

11 Hospitals Around the Country to Begin Special Study on Life-Threatening Child Seizures

When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them _ with no good research on which works better.

Eleven hospitals around the country are beginning a special study to finally answer that question: A computer will randomly assign patients to get either Valium...

Government to study best treatment of life-threatening child seizures

2010-09-08T21:42:34Z

When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them _ with no good research on which works better.

Eleven hospitals around the country are beginning a special study to finally answer that question: A computer will randomly assign patients to get either Valium or Ativan within five minutes of arriving in the emergency room.<...

Pipeline Safety

2010-09-15T16:04:18Z

From left; National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Deborah Hersman, Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Holder And Sebelius Convene National Summit On Health Care Fraud

2010-03-28T05:13:07Z

BETHESDA, MD - JANUARY 28: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius listens during a "National Summit on Health Care Fraud" at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) January 28, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. The summit was to discuss ways to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in the President Barack Obama presents the National Medal of Science to Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the East Room of the

NIH Director

2010-04-04T06:33:57Z

Dr. Francis Collins, a scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code, talks about his role as the newly-confirmed director of the National Institutes of Health, on his first day at work, at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md., Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. Collins spent 15 years as the NIH's chief of g...

Swine Flu Congress

2010-06-26T04:12:58Z

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2009, before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on the swine flu outbreak. (...