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Study hope for stroke patients
THE findings of the first study to map the brain in order to track stroke rehabilitation were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Previously, it was believed that there was only a short window of three to six months following a stroke when rehabilitation could make an improvement.
'We have shown that the brain has the ability to regain function through rehabilitative exercises following a stroke,' said Aria Tzika, director of the NMR surgical laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burn Institute and assistant professor in the department of surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
THE findings of the first study to map the brain in order to track stroke rehabilitation were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Previously, it was believed that there was only a short window of three to six months following a stroke when rehabilitation could make an improvement.
'We have shown that the brain has the ability to regain function through rehabilitative exercises following a stroke,' said Aria Tzika, director of the NMR surgical laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burn Institute and assistant professor in the department of surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
US researchers find key reaction to device metals
RESEARCHERS in America have identified a key immunological defence reaction to the metals in joint replacement devices which can lead to loosening of the components and early failure.
The Rush University Medical Center study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, has won the annual William H. Harris, MD Award for scientific merit from the Orthopaedic Research Society.
Associate professor and the study's author, Nadim Hallab, said: 'As soon as joint replacement devices are implanted, they begin to corrode and wear away, releasing particles and ions that ultimately signal danger to the body's immune system.
RESEARCHERS in America have identified a key immunological defence reaction to the metals in joint replacement devices which can lead to loosening of the components and early failure.
The Rush University Medical Center study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, has won the annual William H. Harris, MD Award for scientific merit from the Orthopaedic Research Society.
Associate professor and the study's author, Nadim Hallab, said: 'As soon as joint replacement devices are implanted, they begin to corrode and wear away, releasing particles and ions that ultimately signal danger to the body's immune system.
