Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very painful condition. It’s becoming increasingly common. One of the main causes is repetitive motion done with the wrists. Typing and working at a computer are common culprits. Assembly line workers often suffer from the condition, as do hair stylists and musicians. People who do a lot of knitting or…
University of Kentucky researchers found that a new nerve repair technique yield better results and fewer side effects than other existing techniques. Traumatic nerve injuries are common. When nerves are severed, they do not heal on their own and can only be repaired with surgery. Injuries that are not clean-cut – such as saw injuries,…
The enrollment for the federal health care law for the first year went through some setbacks when HealthCare.gov raise confusion with consumers. It through insurers and government officials in a learning curve. But insurance executives and managers of the online marketplaces are already girding for the coming open enrollment period, saying they fear it could…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Joseph Fair hunts viruses. That’s his thing. The 37-year-old American loves chasing dangerous pathogens, studying them in secure labs or searching for them in jungles where the microbes lurk. And one virus has always loomed as the big one — Ebola. The scientists who first chased this dreaded microbe back in…
Implantable eye devices called corneal inlays are designed to correct presbyopia – the age-related loss of near vision that affects over a billion people worldwide. Delegates at a recent scientific meeting learned how one such device – the KAMRA inlay – improved near vision well enough for 80% of study participants to be able to…