For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanley E. Fulton Gait Research & Movement Analysis Lab in the College of Health Sciences have been using real-time 3D animation to investigate motor impairments in children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their aim is to understand how children with
Month: May 2021
Half of patients with vitiligo achieved 90% improvement in facial repigmentation and more than a fourth had 75% improvement in total body repigmentation after long-term treatment with topical ruxolitinib (Jakafi), a randomized controlled study showed. Measurable improvement occurred within 24 weeks and progressively increased during follow-up to 52 and 104 weeks. At the 104-week assessment,
by Dawn Heiderscheidt Once you’ve been diagnosed with something like breast cancer, your mind may be swimming in “what-ifs” and “what aboutisms.” It can be terrifying. You may have concerns about what it means for you in regards to maintaining your life roles, engaging in your favorite activities, or how to continue to live your
Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at a young age can be very unexpected and carry with it unique concerns. Among those concerns is a possible loss of fertility. A new study says this worry can often impact which treatments women will undergo. Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute spoke with young women navigating a breast cancer
During the pandemic, some have found it difficult to access remote mental health support, with one in four saying it’s made them feel worse When Covid hit, everything changed. For a lot of us, this included our mental health. Whether you were already undergoing treatment or found you needed it during the pandemic, the usual
One of the largest and longest follow-ups of patients implanted with the subcutaneous-lead implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD), now marketed as the EMBLEM S-ICD (Boston Scientific), paints a picture of solid performance that arguably has improved over the years. The S-ICD has held on to its reputation as a niche device after more than a decade