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Giffords Standing on Own, Trying to Improve Gait

PHOENIX -- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to "walk a mountain." Giffords uses her left side and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg, a common effect of a...

Did Navy's Brain Injury Subjects Receive Substandard Care?

A Navy study designed to test an experimental therapy on people suffering from traumatic brain injury did not follow proper protocols for human subject research, the Pentagon's inspector general concluded. A summary of the inspector general's investigation released late last week said that "management and conduct of the...

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Bob Probert's Condition Explained

Former NHL star Bob Probert died in June, and researchers have just determined that he suffered from a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Probert, who was 45 when he died of heart failure, left his brain to science because he believed the head trauma he experienced on the ice had caused...

Hurdle in Giffords' Recovery: How to Replace Her Skull

One of the many medical hurdles facing Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is replacing the part of her skull that was removed to relieve swelling in her brain after she was shot at a meet-and-greet event on Jan. 8. Surgeons removed the bone from the congresswoman in the first days after she was shot in the head; in the coming...

MS Sufferer Relieves Pain by Giving

Laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, but Cami Walker is discovering that giving to others also has benefits. Back in 2006, Walker was in her early 30s, living in San Francisco with her fiance and immersed in a job she found challenging but enjoyable. In fact, aside from the occasional tingling and numbness in her...

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06/04/12 No Surprises in Genzyme's Trial of Oral MS Drug Aubagio Source: Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News Genzyme Corp.'s once-daily oral multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio (teriflunomide) hit the two main clinical endpoints in a confirmatory pivotal Phase III trial: an annualized reduction in relapse rate and a reduction in the risk of sustained accumulation of disability.
06/04/12 Alzheimer's Association starts new program for People... Source: CBS - WSAW 7 - Wausau WI This month the Alzheimer's Association Greater Wisconsin Chapter will launch a new program for people with mild cognitive impairment, or early-stage dementia.
06/04/12 Seniors Choosing to Live at Home in New Bern NC Source: Grayson County News Gazette - Leitchfield KY Members in good health who may need occasional meal deliveries, transportation, or a light bulb changed, as if we were surrogate children down the street that can be called upon for unscheduled needs.
06/04/12 Morbid Obesity Ups Complication Rate in Spinal Fusion... Source: Health Day Morbid obesity increases the risk of multiple complications in spinal fusion surgery, particularly in patients undergoing anterior cervical or posterior lumbar procedures, according to research published in the May 15 issue of Spine.
06/04/12 Canadian doc developing blood test that could detect... Source: Regina Leader Post - Saskatchewan - Canada OTTAWA Ã¢ A Canadian doctor has found a promising way to detect concussions using a simple blood test that can tell within the first hour after a blow to the head how severe the injury may be.