Vision: New Scanner May Improve Exams for Multiple Sclerosis
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A machine that assesses nerve fibers in the retina may offer a better way to measure the progression of multiple sclerosis, researchers said.
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The federal government has just approved a new medicine for multiple sclerosis that doctors say represents a new treatment approach that will significantly reduce the frequency of disabling episodes.
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NEW YORK  - Early tests are raising hopes  that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal  cord.
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Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested.
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A new test may help scientists answer a perplexing &quot;which came first&quot; question about the development of Alzheimer&#039;s disease, possibly pointing the way to earlier diagnosis or even treatment.
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By Cao, Wenqing; Duan, Yixiang  Due to the great potentials in clinical diagnosis, disease state monitoring, and environmental exposure assessment, the breath test is becoming one of the most desirable noninvasive procedures for clinical diagnostics.
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New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced.
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NEW YORK  - A technique called molecular  breast imaging (MBI) is highly sensitive in detecting small  lesions and can also spot tumors missed by mammography and  ultrasound, researchers report.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - A new FDA-approved device that uses light stimulation enlarges the visual field of patients who are left with vision impairments after stroke, researchers announced here at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2007.
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NEW YORK  - Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to increased detection of minor brain abnormalities that may worry the patient, but often will never cause any problems, according to study findings reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Forget about temperature taking and blood pressure checking. In the bright, near future, the first step for people seeking medical care may be to have their bicep read by an electronic scanner seeking data stored on an implanted chip.
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Prototypes People suffering from loss of peripheral vision may soon be able to replace the canes they use to sweep the sidewalk for obstacles with eyeglasses that show them what lies beyond the limits of their vision. The glasses may also lead to technologies that enable the legally blind to return to driving their cars.
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Advances in imaging shed light on how the disease develops.
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An astonishing new technology allows one set of sensory information to substitute for another in the brain.
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Most days, neurologist Dr. Gil Snider is pouring over scans of the brain. He studies the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson s Disease and other neurological disorders.
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Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal cord.
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Scientists have developed a technique that dramatically improves the success rate of face-recognition computer systems