Mich. Elephant Gets Therapy for Arthritis
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Like any patient, Wanda needs positive reinforcement to wrestle through her physical therapy...
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-- a popular choice for Christmas trees -- may prove effective in fighting arthritis and pain, confirms The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A chemical cousin of antifreeze may offer the eventual hope that people with crushed spinal cords can walk again. Richard Borgens says a new treatment helped dogs like Kady walk again.
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Officials at Chicago&#39;s Lincoln Park Zoo are testing elephants and keepers for tuberculosis after the death of a 35-year-old female African elephant.
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One spring Saturday morning in Great Falls, occupational therapist Colleen Zanin prepares for a day of treating clients. Instead of assembling floor mats and exercise balls, however, she is checking the halter of a tall gray horse named Traveler.
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison reported Sunday that they've whipped up an exciting &#151; but intricate &#151; new recipe that could someday treat spinal cord injuries or provide a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Ancient Chinese acupuncture is proved to be able to effectively ease the pain of some arthritis sufferers, thus adding to conventional therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee
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Lucy the elephant, believed to be the world's fourth-oldest African elephant in captivity, was euthanized Friday morning after staffers found her lying down in her stall, the Milwaukee County Zoo said.
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Acupuncture added to conventional therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee improves function and reduces pain, according to a clinical trial conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
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FORT WORTH, Texas - Overseas tsunami victims will be getting help from an elephant born in Thailand but now living at the Fort Worth Zoo.  An original work of art -painted- by "Rasha" will be auctioned off on e-Bay -- beginning tomorrow.
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A gene therapy treatment that helped make cells more sensitive to the body's own painkillers not only helped ease arthritis pain in mice but also reduced other symptoms, researchers said on Friday.
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Magnetic bracelets used by many arthritis sufferers around the country can help ease pain, a new study has found. Researchers from the Peninsular Medical Schools in Exeter and Plymouth found a significant
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska zoo is to build what it believes to be the world's first elephant treadmill as part of plans to enrich its only elephant's life with better accommodation and activities.    At 9,120 pounds, Maggie could stand to lose some weight...
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The African elephant got a new line of defense against poachers Monday after a global wildlife conference approved measures aimed at wiping out the continent's illegal ivory trade.
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Even animals need help with their pearly whites. Join a pair of dentists at the zoo, and watch as one jaguar gets a root canal.
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Bob Barker will pledge $300,000 toward housing an elephant from the Los Angeles Zoo in an animal sanctuary.
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Paralysed dogs given an unusual treatment for spinal cord injury have shown some success in being able to walk again, a new study reveals.