Joints
01 Apr 2006
Sympathectomy and Sympathetic Nerve Block
Sympathectomy induces pain relief by blocking the sympathetic nervous system in conditions like neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Children's Health
31 Mar 2006
Pain & Physical Activity
Pain is a feeling that arises from injured or damaged body tissues. Special nerve endings convert the injury into pain sensations. These sensations are then…
Children's health
27 Mar 2006
Doernbecher Researchers To Study Effectiveness Of Stem Cell Transplant In Human Brain
Researchers in Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University will begin a Phase I clinical trial using stem cells in infants and children with a rare neurodegenerative disorder that affects infants and children. The groundbreaking trial will test whether HuCNS-SC(TM), a proprietary human central nervous stem cell product…
Diseases
21 Feb 2006
Haemorrhagic stroke
Haemorrhagic stroke occurs when blood leaks into and damages the brain. It typically affects people over 55 years of age who have hypertension.
Diseases
21 Feb 2006
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident; CVA)
Stroke or cerebrovascular accident may be haemorrhagic when there is bleeding in the brain, or ischaemic when blood does not flow to the brain.
Cancer
17 Feb 2006
Most common health concerns for the male Australian population
Man health Australian men's health issue, men's health care, male mental health current health issue of men's health issue of men in Australia
Anatomy
28 Dec 2005
What is cancer?
Anatomical information about cancer, abnormal cell growth and division caused by genetics and carcinogens, and cancer tumour classification or staging.
Children's health
22 Dec 2005
Neuropathic pain (nerve pain)
Neuropathic pain does not help protect from injury like physiological pain, but is instead caused by an injury to or dysfunction of the nervous system.
Bone
20 Dec 2005
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophies are a group of hereditary muscle diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness and symptoms like difficult walking.
