Teen Receives Surgery Due To Crowdfunding (Photos)
An Indian boy was offered life-changing surgery due to a kind gesture from a woman thousands of miles away. Mahendra Ahirwar from Madhya Pradesh in central India was an outcast because of a rare...
View ArticleMay 20, 2016: Santhera receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Omigapil for...
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View ArticleKind Stranger Raises Thousands For Boy Who Only Saw 'Upside Down' To Have...
A stranger raised thousands of pounds for a young boy to have a life-saving operation and see the world the "right way round". Julie Jones, 35, read about 12-year-old Mahendra Ahirwar from India...
View ArticleIndian boy born with head hung at 180-degree angle has life-changing surgery
A 13-year-old boy from India who was ostracized by people from his own village because his head hung upside down has successfully undergone surgery to straighten his neck. Mahendra Ahirwar is said to...
View ArticleJuly 20, 2015: Santhera Announces First Patient Dosing with Omigapil in...
(Source: Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG) Liestal, Switzerland, July 20, 2015 - Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces that the first patient in the CALLISTO Phase I study assessing the...
View ArticleBoy gets new lease of life, thanks to a kind doctor and UK angel
--> From seeing the world upside down to sitting upright for the very first time, life has changed drastically for 13-year-old Mahendra Ahirwar. Born with congenital myopathy, a condition that...
View ArticleBoy Born With Crooked Neck Gets Life-Changing Surgery
A 13-year-old Indian boy born with a rare condition which causes his head to hang at a 180-degree angle has had a major surgery that finally allows him to see the world right-side-up. Mahendra Ahirwar,...
View ArticleAugust 30, 2016: Santhera Receives FDA Grant in Support of its Ongoing Phase...
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View ArticleBoy born with head hung at 180-degree angle passes away
A 13-year-old Indian boy who was born with his head hung at a ninety degree angle has died less than a year after he underwent a major surgery to fix it....
View ArticleTeen Receives Life-Changing Surgery Thanks To Good Samaritans, Looks...
An Indian boy got life-changing surgery thanks to the kindness of a woman thousands of miles away. Mahendra Ahirwar, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, had a rare condition that caused his head to...
View ArticleDonald L. Schotland, doctor, researcher
Donald Lewis Schotland, 84, of Wynnewood, an internationally known researcher into muscle disorders and for 38 years a leading figure in the University of Pennsylvania's neurology department, died...
View ArticleCanadian doc performs free surgeries for disabled children
Nagpur: The Nagai Narayanji Memorial Foundation (NNMF) is coming up with a comprehensive institute for providing surgical as well as rehabilitative therapies for disabled children under one roof at...
View ArticleMumbai doctors help Yemeni children with Cerebral Palsy get back on their feet
“Once we go back home, we will tell all our relatives and friends how India is helping us put our children back on their feet,” said Mohammad Ali, grandfather to seven-year-old Ali Talal. Against the...
View ArticleGood Samaritans pitch in for 1-year-old Ayat’s heart surgery
New Delhi: One-year-old Ayat Imtiyaz is getting operated at a Delhi hospital to fix her congenital heart condition, about three weeks after HT wrote about how her poor parents couldn’t afford the...
View ArticleLaske Named Top Cancer Doctor by Newsweek Magazine (Abington Memorial Hospital)
(Source: Abington Memorial Hospital) ABINGTON, PA (September 21, 2015) - Douglas W. Laske, MD, Chief of the Neurosurgery Division at Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health, was recently recognized by...
View ArticleSinging May Be Good Medicine for Parkinson's Patients
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Singing? To benefit people with Parkinson's disease? It just may help, a researcher says. "We're not trying to make them better singers, but to help them...
View ArticleTimely intervention by Delhi doctors restores sight of girl
Doctors at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital were able to restore the girl's eyesight following an extensive diagnosis and treatment. Photo: Apollo Hospitals. Timely medical intervention restored the...
View ArticleBengaluru man strums guitar while doctors carry out surgery on his brain
Bengaluru: Patients are usually given anaesthetics to prevent pain during a surgery as some complex procedures can be a harrowing experience for people. Undergoing an operation for...
View ArticleDr. Cory Edwards Joins Altru’s Neurology Team (Altru Health System)
(Source: Altru Health System) Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND -Cory Edwards, MD, joins the neurology team. "I enjoy working in neurology because it is always changing and new therapies are often...
View ArticleTherapists Use Hands-On Approach
Whether it be injury, stroke, arthritis or even just too many bad habits and too much time at the keyboard, hand and arm pain doesn't have to be something you just live with-and the 331 certified hand...
View ArticleBotox Recognized as a Top Neurological Treatment, Especially for Migraines
Most of the public knows of Botox as a quick fix for wrinkles, and a mainstay moneymaker in the world of cosmetic treatment. But botulinum toxin (BTX)—a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy as Good as Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Study
FRIDAY, March 24, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery is a common approach to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. But, physical therapy may work just as well, a new study indicates. Researchers found that...
View ArticleHartford HealthCare Neuroscience Institute Receives Transformational Gifts
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hartford HealthCare has announced two transformational philanthropic investments to support the Hartford HealthCare Neuroscience Institute, advancing...
View ArticleQ&A: What we know about the Charlie Gard case
The parents of Charlie Gard have ended their court action as they tried to take their terminally ill son to the United States for treatment. What condition does Charlie have? Charlie Gard in hospital...
View ArticleFirst patient cured of rare blood disorder
Mark Levy, pictured with his sister, is the first patient known to be cured of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, a rare blood disorder. Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose...
View ArticleCrozer-Keystone Now Offering Physical Medicine and Rehab Services in Western...
(Source: Crozer-Keystone Health System) Media Contact: Mary Wascavage (610) 284-8619 Mary.Wascavage@crozer.org Practice Contact: Crozer-Keystone Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Associates (610)...
View ArticleMany YouTube videos on peripheral neuropathy are not evidence-based
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – People looking on YouTube for information about peripheral neuropathy would find many videos, but most discuss alternative medicine rather than evidence-based...
View ArticleChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Receives $2.5 Million Grant from...
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation has received two grants, totaling $2.5 million, from The Legacy of Angels Foundation to support the...
View ArticleAberdeen in pictures
Home / Matches / Action Shots / Aberdeen in pictures Thursday, September 21, 2017 Images from tonight's 3-0 win over Aberdeen in the Betfred Cup. Snaps courtesy of SNSPix This SimpleViewer gallery...
View ArticleCourtagen Continues Menu Expansion with Launch of New Spotlight™ Gene Tests...
WOBURN, Mass., Mar 01, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., an innovative molecular endocannabinoid platform and information company, announced today that it has launched 10 new gene...
View ArticleExceptional Care for an Uncommon Condition
Capital Institute for Neurosciences Treats International Patients with Rare Neurogenetic Disorder Karine and Stephane Clouet were concerned when they first noticed that their infant son, Nolan, was...
View ArticleAllegheny Health Network Establishes Cerebrovascular Center
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Allegheny Health Network (AHN) announced today its establishment of a center for the treatment of complex stroke care and cerebrovascular disease. The Cerebrovascular Center at...
View Article‘Walk-DMC’ aims to improve surgery outcomes for children with cerebral palsy...
(Source: University of Washington) Engineering | Health and medicine | News releases | Research April 27, 2016 Walk-DMC is a new, quantifiable measure of motor control in children with cerebral palsy....
View ArticleChildren’s Memorial Hermann Hospital to Host Free Educational Seminar for...
(Source: Memorial Hermann Health System) HOUSTON (February 14, 2017) Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is hosting a free educational seminar for patients, families and healthcare professionals...
View ArticleTamil Nadu: Boy withstands tough eye surgery
Chennai: A 4-year-old boy underwent successfully paediatric surgery for Monocular Elevation deficiency (MED) with congenital ptosis, a disorder of the eyes with congenital eye muscle problem. The...
View ArticleGene Therapy Shows Promise For A Growing List Of Diseases
Pasieka/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Pasieka/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Eli Wheatley and Christian Guardino are among a growing number of patients whose lives are apparently being saved...
View ArticleRashtriya Arogya Nidhi (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) The RashtriyaArogyaNidhi (RAN) has been set up vide Resolution No. F-7-2/96-Fin-II dated 13/1/1997 and registered under the...
View ArticleAbsence Epilepsy has risen 8 per cent among children
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Absence Epilepsy -- a disorder in which epilepsy syndrome with absence seizures begins in young children -- has risen 8 per cent in recent years, say doctors. According to...
View ArticleNeurologists Specialize in Solving Mysteries (Sisters of Mercy Health System)
(Source: Sisters of Mercy Health System) Identifying a patient's neurological issues deserves thorough investigation. That's why a neurologist is considered part physician and part sleuth. That's just...
View ArticleDoctors remove bullet lodged in Gopal Rai’s neck since 1999 student agitation
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai A bullet lodged behind Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai’s neck since 1999 was removed by doctors at a city hospital Thursday. Rai had sustained a gunshot wound in...
View ArticleDr. Catherine Stachnik, neurologist, joins Edward Neurosciences Institute...
(Source: Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare) Catherine Stachnik, DO, board certified in neurology, has joined the Edward Neurosciences Institute in affiliation with Northwestern Medicine. Her clinical...
View ArticleSharing a Story of Hope
Whether by snail mail, email, or social media, it's the time of year for catching up with family and friends. As NIH Director, I'm also fortunate to hear from some of the amazing people who've been...
View ArticleSpeech therapy treatment can provide help with patients with difficulty...
Stroke, general aging, surgery and many other causes can give a person difficulty swallowing, but it's important to know when to see a doctor about it. Speech therapists and primary care physicians...
View ArticleCSL Behring Announces Immunoglobulin Research Grant Winners (CSL Behring LLC)
(Source: CSL Behring LLC) 2016 Interlaken Leadership Awards to Advance Neurological Disorders Research KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania - 23 June 2016 CSL Behring announced today at the Peripheral Nerve...
View ArticleTransnetyx produces "Brick in the Wall," second short film in its Love Letter...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Transnetyx, an automated genotyping company that serves biomedical researchers worldwide, today announced the premier of the documentary, "Brick in the...
View ArticleIraq to Bengaluru: Cerebral palsy patient walks after 14 years
Bengaluru: For 14-year-old Hameed Hyder from Iraq, it was a struggle even to do his daily chores independently as he suffered from cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder caused due to abnormal...
View ArticleIndian boy whose head hung at 180-degrees has life-changing surgery
Mahendra Ahirwar, 13, suffers congenital myopathy, which made his muscles in his neck so weak his head would hang at a 180-degree angle. He has had surgery so he can be upright. ......
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