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Swiss Startup Aims To Help Paralyzed People Walk

A group of scientists associated with GTX Medical, a Swiss medical device firm, published new evidence yesterday that using electricity to stimulate the spinal cord can help paralyzed people regain some walking ability.

This Study Does Not Say Remove Your Appendix To Prevent Parkinson’s Disease

But does this study support the theory that Parkinson’s Disease may start in the gut and then eventually climb into the brain?

Fitness Recovery Tech: The Importance Of Recovery For Exercise And The Tech Used To Do It

I visited PT Training studio No1Fitness to check out their cutting-edge tech and why recovery is important for our health

Questions Raised About Invokana Label Expansion For CV Risk Reduction

Experts are raising questions about FDA’s decision to expand the label of the diabetes drug Invokana to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.

How This Woman Got A Maggot In Her Groin While On Vacation

A 36 year old woman from Tampa, Florida, came back from vacation in Belize with something in her groin.

U.S. Health Official Posts Controversial Halloween ‘Medicare For All’ Tweet

On Halloween, head of CMS, Seema Verma, took to Twitter to share her thoughts to take a Trumpesque swipe at Bernie Sanders “Medicare For All” campaign. While members of Trump’s Administration use Twitter as a forum to share opinions about adversaries a…

How Is AI Revolutionizing Elderly Care

There is an unprecedented growth in the percentage of aging population throughout the world, particularly in growing economies such as Europe, Japan, and China. Here are 5 ways in which AI is revolutionizing elder care.

How To Radically Improve Your Personal Wellness With Lessons From Business, Astrology and Nature

The busyness of year-end is upon us, yet nature’s signals are that of a phase of renewal, shedding, slowing and letting go. If you’re looking to improve your well-being this ‘busy’ season, taking some cues from nature and forming a cyclical approach co…

What Researchers With The World’s Longest-Running Study Of Human Aging Know For Sure

In over six decades of work, researchers with the world’s longest and most comprehensive study on aging say they are certain of just two things.

New National Strategy Aims To Up Participation In Alzheimer’s Clinical Studies

With someone developing the disease every 65 seconds in the United States and some 5.7 million people already living with it, you’d think it would be easy to find volunteers for Alzheimer’s research. Not so, say the nation’s leaders on the study of agi…