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New therapy helps tinnitus sufferers
Tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears that can wreck the lives of those that suffer from it, can be significantly eased by a new combination of therapies, The Lancet reported on Friday. The approach uses psychological training and audio
Tags: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Health Medical Pharma, Otology, tinnitus, Auditory perception, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Audiology, nervous system, ringing
Blind Mice Can See (Better) After Scientists Regrow Nerves
Three blind mice (and a few more) are running a little bit better now, thanks to a group of scientists that were able to coax the nerves in their eyes to regrow. Larry Benowitz, a professor of surgery and ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has
Tags: Larry Benowitz, technology-news, growth factor, New York City, Health Medical Pharma, optic nerve, nervous system, eye, Retina, Visual system
Pain Doctor, Pain Patient: How Chronic Pain Affected Howard Heit, MD
Font Size Pain Doctor, Pain Patient How chronic pain changed one doctor's career -- and life...Martin, MD On the night of March 28, 1986, Howard Heit's car was struck in a head-on collision. He left the scene of the serious crash thinking how lucky
Tags: pain, chronic pain, pain managing, Addiction medicine, Howard Heit, Fairfax Hospital, New York City, Health Medical Pharma, nervous system, medicine
Newly Discovered Protein Makes Sure Brain Development Isn't "Botched"
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered a protein that appears to play an important regulatory role in deciding whether stem cells differentiate into the cells that make up the
Tags: Charlottesville, Health Medical Pharma, nervous system, Cellular differentiation, cloning, Developmental biology, stem cell, traumatic stress, Cellular processes, biotechnology
Bellingham widow finds physical strength, mental peace through yoga
00am on May 21, 2012 Elllie Chamberlain does beginning yoga at Yoga Northwest with yoga instructor Ingela Abbott Monday, April 9, 2012. "I think it makes a huge difference," Chamberlain says...Background: Chamberlain grew up on an apple ranch in
Tags: Fairhaven, symptoms, dizziness, Indian philosophy, falling, exercise, vertigo, Health Medical Pharma, Otology, nervous system
Between Your Ears: 'Brain freeze' offers clues to other ills
Now, Jorge Serrador at Harvard University has studied what is going on to create brain freeze. Transcranial ultrasound scans taken while students sipped ice-cold water show the anterior cerebral artery dilates rapidly, then returns to normal size.
Tags: brain freeze, headaches, MIGRAINE, brains freeze, East Pittsburgh, Central nervous system, nervous system, Brain, neuroanatomy, Organs
WVU student with math disorder invents device to help amputees
In an "I came, I saw, I conquered" scenario, Katherine Bomkamp, daughter of an Air Force lieutenant colonel, has invented the Pain Free Socket -- a heating device to be incorporated into prosthetic limbs to treat phantom pain, which a high percentage
Tags: Ms. Bomkamp, Phantom pain, WVU, Dr. Kabazie, Iraq, Baghdad, Health Medical Pharma, nervous system, Amputation
Fashion victim: Warning - fads can damage your health
So, news that their trendy coiffure, rather than having fringe benefits, could in fact be damaging their eyesight made headlines across the globe. Leading optometrist Andrew Hogan made a foray into the world of hairdressing last week by claiming that
Tags: Australia, Sydney, nervous system, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Amblyopia, pain, medicine, tight trousers, Emo
6 Ways Women Can Reduce Stress [EXPERT]
Properly managing stress leads to a more powerfully and emotionally balanced you...Today's women are mothers, daughters, and friends, who are inundated with an overload of information, expectations, and input. You're more connected globally than ever
Tags: los angeles, human behavior, nervous system, anxiety, personal life, psychology, stress, health-news, Sympathetic nervous system, Artisan temperament
Gene harms brain decades before Alzheimer's outbreak
A gene that you carry may begin to damage your brain a full 50 years before Alzheimer's disease shows up, scientists say. In 1993, researchers discovered a gene known as ApoE4 -- carried by about a quarter of us -- that triples the risk for getting
Tags: disease, CLU, Pakistan, ISLAMABAD, Health Medical Pharma, nervous system, Early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Apolipoprotein E, white matter
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