Clinical trial shows improvements for spinal cord injuries

Researchers demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. Individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck with progressive, individualized rehabilitation. This approach, called closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation (CLV), produced meaningful improvements in arm and hand function in these individuals.


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Low-Income Assisted Living Options Highlighted by A Place for Mom

As an expert panelist for A Place for Mom I’ve been interviewed for articles and have reviewed many others. Over time, you’ll...


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AI in eDiscovery: What Was, What Is, and What’s Coming

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer an emerging idea in legal discovery, it’s the present reality. At The Masters Conference in Denver, Fennemore Craig PC hosted an insightful session. The session offered a sweeping view of how AI has evolved in the eDiscovery space and where it's heading next.


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Potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutic target identified in brain immune cells

Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now. Researchers used preclinical models to uncover Tim-3's role in microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, and have identified it as a promising therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.


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Discovery of antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium

The recently discovered bacterium Staphylococcus borealis, named after the Northern Lights, turns out to be resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The elderly are especially at risk.


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New discovery: Tylenol stops pain at the nerves, before it hits the brain

Acetaminophen may be doing more than just dulling pain in your brain it could be stopping it before it even starts. Scientists at Hebrew University have discovered that a metabolite of the drug, AM404, blocks pain signals right at their source by shutting down specific sodium channels in pain-sensing nerves. This radically shifts our understanding of how this common medication works and opens a door to new, more targeted painkillers that might eliminate side effects like numbness or weakness.


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