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Paraplegics Take a Step to Regain Movement
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- Written by Samiha Khanna Samiha Khanna
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Durham, North Carolina - Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published Aug. 11 in Scientific Reports.
1967 solar storm nearly took U.S. to brink of war
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- Written by Trent Knoss Trent Knoss
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Boulder, Colorado - A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force’s budding efforts to monitor the sun’s activity, a new CU Boulder study finds.
Motorized prosthetics improves lives of amputees
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- Written by Laura Bailey Laura Bailey
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan - When asked about her chosen field, Deanna Gates, director of the Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan, always joked that she wanted to make Luke Skywalker's hand.
Emergency financial aid from call centers effectively prevents homelessness
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- Written by Brittany Collins Kaufman Brittany Collins Kaufman
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Notre Dame, Indiana - Homelessness in the United States is a persistent and complex problem. Each year more than 2.3 million people experience homelessness, 7.4 million people live “doubled up” with friends or family for economic reasons, and many more are on the brink of homelessness. In addition to the negative mental, developmental and health problems that arise among homeless adults and children, the issue costs a community more than $5,000 for each person who enters a shelter.
FDA updates draft guidance on premarket safety notifications for dietary supplement industry
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised draft guidance to improve dietary supplement companies’ new dietary ingredient (NDI) premarket safety notifications to the agency. These notifications help the agency identify safety concerns before products reach consumers.
1 in 5 are discharged from hospital with unstable vital signs, and experience higher readmission and death rates
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- Written by Cathy Frisinger Cathy Frisinger
- Published: 14 August 2016 14 August 2016
Dallas, Texas - Twenty percent of people hospitalized are released before all vital signs are stable, a pattern that is associated with an increased risk of death and hospital readmission, a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
Prisoners Worldwide Bear Higher Burdens of HIV and Other Infections
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- Written by Stephanie Desmon Stephanie Desmon
- Published: 13 August 2016 13 August 2016
Baltimore, Maryland - Prisoners and detainees worldwide have higher burdens of HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis than the communities from which they come, and the regular cycling of infected people in and out of incarceration is worsening the epidemics both inside and outside of prison, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests.