Imperial Valley News Center
FDA approves spinal cord stimulation system that treats pain without tingling sensation
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Washington, DC - This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Senza spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system (Senza System) as an aid in the management of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs, including pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome, low back pain and leg pain. The Senza System can reduce pain without producing a tingling sensation called paresthesia by providing high frequency stimulation (at 10 KHz) and low stimulation amplitudes.
Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise for drug discovery
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Washington, DC - A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in near-atomic detail, the architecture of a metabolic enzyme bound to a drug that blocks its activity. This advance provides a new path for solving molecular structures that may revolutionize drug development, noted the researchers.
NIH-funded study points way forward for retinal disease gene therapy
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Washington, DC - Gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), an inherited disorder that causes vision loss starting in childhood, improved patients’ eyesight and the sensitivity of the retina within weeks of treatment. Both of these benefits, however, peaked one to three years after treatment and then diminished, according to results from an ongoing clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Keeping Legalized Marijuana Out of Hands of Kids
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Baltimore, Maryland - As the realities of legalized marijuana take hold in four states and the District of Columbia, legislators and regulators could learn a lot from the successes - and failures - of the tobacco and alcohol industries in keeping their harmful products out of the hands of children and adolescents.
Tinnitus can interfere with hearing but doesn’t cause hearing loss
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- Written by Jamie Bogle, Au.D., Ph.D.
Scottsdale, Arizona - Tinnitus involves hearing noise in one or both ears that is not caused by an external sound. Tinnitus is common, but it is not a condition on its own. Rather, it is a symptom of another underlying condition.
Ovarian cancer awareness
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Rochester, Minnesota - Ovarian cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the ovaries. Women have two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus. The ovaries - each about the size of an almond - produce eggs (ova) as well as the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
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