Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Rate Reduced By Nearly Half With Use of Two New Drugs - Wellsphere

Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Rate Reduced By Nearly Half With Use of Two New Drugs - Wellsphere: "Cladribine and fingolimod, two new oral drugs, have been shown to decrease the relapse rate in people who suffer from multiple sclerosis. The drugs could become the first treatments for the disease that does not require regular injections or infusions, if they gain approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."

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Methylprednisolone plus IFN beta and relapsing-remitting MS: the NORMIMS study | News | MS Trust - Information, education, research and support

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Methylprednisolone plus IFN beta and relapsing-remitting MS: the NORMIMS study | News | MS Trust - Information, education, research and support: "Adding oral methylprednisolone (MP) to the standard treatment of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a (IFNb-1a) substantially reduces the relapse rate in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a study published early online and appearing in the June"

Blood Test For Brain Injuries Gains Momentum

Blood Test For Brain Injuries Gains Momentum: "A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two recently published studies involving University of Rochester Medical Center researchers."

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Early Siftables Interaction Demos on Vimeo

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Early Siftables Interaction Demos on Vimeo:

What are Siftables?

Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them - piling, grouping, sorting - to interact with digital information and media. Siftables provides a new platform on which to implement tangible, visual and mobile applications.

Ohio.com - Cardwell: Young journalist mirrors success of UA team

Ohio.com - Cardwell: Young journalist mirrors success of UA team: "Too many folks wrap themselves in the word can't as if it's a lifetime security blanket, using it as an excuse not to do something or be somebody.

Vincent Dorsey could have cloaked himself accordingly.

Given the 23-year-old's disability, cerebral palsy, it would have been both understandable and excusable.

But can't isn't part of Vincent Dorsey's DNA."

DailyTech - Powered Exoskeleton Enables the Disabled to Walk Again

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DailyTech - Powered Exoskeleton Enables the Disabled to Walk Again: "A new powered exoskeleton is enabled the disabled to walk again. Created by a small Israeli start up, the Iron Man-like 'ReWalk' suit is already making converts among those who have worn it. Former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof, paralyzed in 1988, wears the suit walking around the streets of Haifa. 'I never dreamed I would walk again', he says.

'Only when standing up can I feel how tall I really am and speak to people eye to eye, not from below'."

A gifted eye for photography: cerebral palsy doesn’t stop 13-year-old boy : Neapolitan : Naples Daily News

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A gifted eye for photography: cerebral palsy doesn’t stop 13-year-old boy

"Matt Milligan has a natural eye for photography.

He doesn’t have the hand for it, but patience and that natural eye more than help him make up for it.

Matt, 13, was born with ataxic cerebral palsy. Doctors told his parents he might never walk.

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“I have trouble with my fine motor skills,” says Matt, a Bonita Springs home school student. “Sometimes my hands shake, so I want an image stabilization lens (for his camera)."