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Respirator Can Improve Quality Of Life Of Motor Neurone Disease Patients

...t works by helping people with MND who suffer from weakness of the respiratory muscles, the online edition of BBC News reported. At present just one drug is licensed to treat MND, an incurable disease of the nervous system. But this drug only extends patients' life by two to three months. A team of researc...

Need More And Better Drugs To Tackle Stoke

...n inside the skull. Symptoms such as numbness or weakness on one side, difficulty in speaking or understanding speech, trouble seeing with one or both eyes, difficulty in walking, feeling of dizziness and severe headache with no reason are the warning symptoms of stroke. The American Heart Association, its ...

Stroke Awareness Campaign Launched In Indian State

...al weakness. The symptoms are spells of dizziness, weakness of limbs, visual disturbances, confusion and memory lapse even if it is for a short spell. In case the right side of the body is paralyzed, people should learn to use the left side equally well, experts said. Edited IANS...

Experts urging artery screening in the UK

... aortic aneurysm is a swelling caused by damage or weakness in the wall of the body's biggest blood vessel, which carries blood from the heart to all organs. The pressure of blood causes weakened areas to balloon and, if they burst, it may be fatal. About 13,000 men aged 65-75 were found to have a swelling ...

Increased Risk of Eye Disease in Obese

...betic retinopathy. AMD causes progressive muscle weakness in the muscles, which controls the eyes leading to drooping eyelids. Glaucoma causes vision loss by damaging the optic nerve, glaucoma does not produce any early symptoms making it hard to treat. Cataract causes clouded vision due to clouding of the ...

Stroke Destroys Nearly 32, 000 Neurons In Just A Second!

...atient. Symptoms of stroke include sudden onset of weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden trouble seeing, inability to talk or interpret what people are saying, inability to walk or imbalance and severe headache. It is very important to understand that the victim may not be able to communicate...

Brain cells by millions die during a stroke

... symptoms of stroke. These include sudden onset of weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden trouble seeing, inability to talk or understand what people are saying, loss of ability to walk or loss of balance and severe headache. Those symptoms often make it impossible for the sufferer to take act...

Misdiagnosis of cataplexy

Cataplexy, transient episodes of bilateral muscle weakness with areflexia provoked by emotions, is a state hi...ataplexy was initially diagnosed. In all cases the weakness spells were eventually not attributed to cataplexy. The presentation and characteristics of these ca...

Gene Therapy Overcomes Heart Failure In Muscular Dystrophy

... humans, this condition leads to severe damage and weakness to muscles, particularly around the hips and shoulders and the heart. Naturally, the lifespan is shortened owing to cardiac and respiratory failure. The injection of a high dose of AAV-8 was accompanied by significant improvements in the skeletal and...

Genetical Screening Can Detect Early Signs Of Multiple Sclerosis

...red, patients can experience problems ranging from weakness and clumsiness to numbness, visual disturbances, and even emotional and intellectual alterations. In some patients, MS manifests itself in cycles of relapse and remission and patients may show little sign of the disease between attacks. Source: News...

Molecule Behind Multiple Sclerosis Discovered

...usually results in permanent impairment, including weakness of the legs and arms, bowel and bladder dysfunction, pain and paralysis. IL-6 is a chemical messenger that cells of the immune system use to communicate with one another. One of the cell types injured by high levels of IL-6 includes oligodendrocytes...

Treatment Of Brain Aneurysms By A New Non-Surgical Approach

... the heart. A brain aneurysm arises as a result of weakness in the arterial wall of the brain. Rupture of the aneurysm can result in // stroke or death. A new approach combining the use of intracranial stents and coil embolization to strengthen the artery has been proposed as a treatment for the condition. I...

A ray of hope in Angioplasty dilemma

... success in early testing, visibly solving a major weakness of the common procedure.Doctors released the longest follow up with the new technique - the drug-coated stent. In testing on 30 patients over three years, they found it to be 100 percent effective, an accomplishment almost unheard of in medicine.// ...

Physical Activity During Leisure Can Reduce Risk Of Stroke

...e one or more of the following: sudden numbness or weakness in one part of the body, sudden trouble in speaking, hearing seeing, or walking without any known cause. A stroke may be either ischemic or hemorrhagic....

Stroke In The Right-Brain Can Remain Undiagnosed

...e one or more of the following: sudden numbness or weakness in one part of the body, sudden trouble in speaking, hearing seeing, or walking without any known cause. A stroke may be either ischemic or hemorrhagic....

Obesity may cause frailties in elderly women

...pf being frail are slowness of movements, physical weakness and low level of activities done during the day. Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School who had researched on the subject, had said in their reports that overweight is a risk factor for increasing the condition of frailty in this...

Sudden Stress Found To Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

...s can result in severe but reversible heart muscle weakness that mimics a classic heart attack.// Stress cardiomyopathy is often misdiagnosed as having a massive heart attack. According to the researchers, patients have actually suffered from a surge in adrenalin and other stress hormones that temporarily “...

Weight Training Found To Be Effective In Treating MS

...ts with multiple sclerosis. Since MS causes muscle weakness and fatigue, which leads to loss of mobility and a decreased quality of life, researchers designed an exercise program to develop muscle strength. After eight weeks of supervised resistance training on gym equipment, researchers found MS patients ...

The Use Of Oral Steroids For Muscular Dystrophy Questioned

...e disease, which is characterized by a progressive weakness in muscles. Compared to the placebo period, patients were better able to climb four stairs and run nine meters when they were on the active drug. Ten out of the 16 patients suffered side effects from the drug, but none of the patients dropped out of ...

Symptoms Found To Be A Good Predictor Of Cancer Survival

.... Breast cancer patients who reported experiencing weakness had a five-fold increased risk of death, and those with colorectal cancer and weakness had a three-fold increased risk. Although physical symptoms were a strong predictor of prognosis, ...

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