A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

Animals, including humans, rely on multiple senses to navigate their environments and make decisions. This integration of ...

The brain of humans and other animals is known to contribute to the protection of the body from infections. Past studies have unveiled the existence of the so-called conditioned immune response (CIR), ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

Recognizing that emergency situations can overwhelm people with special needs, Murray and fellow Friends of Unified Sports members have made and distributed hundreds of sensory kits to local ...

In a new study, scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) and University Hospital Magdeburg demonstrated ...

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 36 ... But one South Jersey Hospital has created a sensory-friendly environment that will open this spring for adults and kids ...

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

But she was wrong. “Then, I see this sign,” she says, showing viewers the sign. It reads, “Enjoy sensory-friendly shopping hours daily 8 am-10 am. These hours are intended to be calmer for ...