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Chiropractic Care Helps Children With Learning Disorders and Dyslexia

...nd non-invasive form of chiropractic as a means of correcting vertebral subluxations that cause nerve interference. Source-Newswise SRI...

Research Explores Chiropractic's Effect on Diabetes

...dance. The chiropractic care was directed toward correcting misalignments in the spine, called vertebral subluxations, which affect the relationship between the nervous system and organs. After one month of being on the program, the patient's glucose blood and urine levels had normalized and remained stable...

Gene Tests To Identify Potential Diabetics

...nified by insulin deficiency, it can be treated by correcting the faulty zinc transporter. According to Philippe Froguel, this study could also go a long way in developing therapeutic measures for type 2 diabetes. JYT...

Study to Explore Using Magnets to Correct 'sunken Chest'

...atum, according to Harrison. Current approaches to correcting sunken chest involve major surgery to open and rebuild the chest and the insertion of metal struts to hold the chest in place while it heals. Complications can occur because the struts are under significant pressure, and the painful recovery can take...

Severe PTSD Damages Children's Brains: Study

...and end of the 12- to 18-month study period. After correcting for gender and for physiological maturity, they found that kids with more severe PTSD symptoms and higher bedtime cortisol levels (another marker of stress) at the start of the study were more likely to have reductions in their hippocampal volumes at...

Foot Deformity Could Be Corrected With Minimal Surgery

...tric orthopedic surgeon has shown early success in correcting the foot deformity in children. The treatment for rigid flatfoot//, which once required extensive surgery, can now be corrected with minimal surgery. Congenital vertical talus (CVT), or "rocker-bottom flat foot," occurs in about 1 in 10,000 live b...

Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke

...ole of the right side of the brain in noticing and correcting errors. The effects of strokes has furthered our understanding of the different roles of the left and right sides of our brains. The research focused on damage to the frontal lobes, the front part of the brain which is known to be responsible for ...

Researchers Reverse Mental Retardation Symptoms in Mice

...ion between neurons in the brains of the FXS mice, correcting their behavioural abnormalities in the process," he added. "Our study suggests that inhibiting a certain enzyme in the brain could be an effective therapy for countering the debilitating symptoms of FXS in children, and possibly in autistic kids as...

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

... inTGBF1, and that this remained significant after correcting for multiple testing. Analysis of a large French group showed the same association. "Combining the data from both groups with a common odds ratio gave a very significant result, from which we were able to conclude that we were the first to identify...

Government Mulls Closure of Hospital Where a Woman Died Unattended in ER

... Hospital had been making a lot of progress toward correcting its problems -- at least until now. ``We are all so taken aback by the recent incidents at MLK-Harbor,'' Belshe said. ``It does call into question the extent to which meaningful progress has in fact been made.'' Belshe said officials are trying...

Lasik Device To Correct Bifocal Vision Approved

...a). According to the FDA the instrument works by correcting all the nearsightedness to help distance vision in a patient's dominant eye, while fixing only part of the nearsightedness in the less dominant eye, which helps close-up vision.The FDA has asked the company to conduct a study tracking 500 patients ...

Eyeglass Guide Launched That Aids in Choosing the Right Eyewear

...hink of their glasses as more than just a means of correcting their vision, but as a way to enhance and protect their vision. In addition to the Web site, the public will have access to a hard copy of the guide through inserts in leading national health, home, active lifestyle and general interest publication...

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