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World's First Double Leg Transplant
A team of Spanish surgeons have carried out the world's first double leg transplant. The operation lasted all night and was completed on Monday morning in the city's La Fe hospital, the regional...
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World's First Double Leg Transplant Beneficiary Overjoyed
A young man who had a world-first double leg transplant in Spain cried with joy on seeing his new limbs and might walk in six or seven months, the head surgeon said Tuesday. A Spanish medical team led...
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New Genes Linked to Restless Legs Syndrome Identified
Scientists have discovered new genetic risk factors associated with restless legs syndrome. Carriers of these risk variants have an increased likelihood of developing RLS. People suffering from...
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Home-Made Leg Prostheses Developed by the Army
Home-made leg prostheses are being developed by the U.S Army and in a noteworthy achievement, a group of soldiers have made a custom prototype for an eight-year-old boy who lost both his legs. To help...
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Scientists Develop New 'Bionic' Leg That Moves Like Natural Leg
Scientists have developed a new lower-limb prosthetic that allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs. The device developed at Vanderbilt...
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Link Between Restless Legs Syndrome and Hypertension Risk
Restless legs syndrome may boost high blood pressure risk in middle-aged women, finds study. RLS is a common yet under-recognized sensory motor disorder characterized by intense, unpleasant leg...
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After Severe Stroke, Crossing Legs may be a Sign of Good Recovery
New research says that people who are able to cross their legs soon after having a severe stroke appear to be more likely to have a good recovery compared to people who cannot do the same. The...
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Leg Muscle Exercise Leads to Recovery of Heart Failure
The dysfunctioning of leg muscle is conjoined to the severity of symptoms in heart failure patients, states a new study. According to researchers from the University of Leeds, doctors should not only...
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First Dual Leg Transplant Patient Takes First Steps
On Monday, the world's first dual leg transplant patient took his first steps in a swimming pool at a hospital in Valencia. The patient, a man in his twenties whose identity is not being revealed due...
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What High Heels can Do to Leg Muscles
When women wear high heels regularly, they tend to walk differently even after they take them off, reveal researchers. Scientists from The Griffith University in Queensland, Australia found that by...
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Achilles Heel of Clot-buster Discovered
A recent study provides insight into how the plasmin (blood enzyme) is produced. The finding published in the journal Cell may pave way for effective clot-busting drugs, say researchers. Plasmin is...
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Achilles Heel of Dengue Virus Identified
The region in dengue virus that is neutralized in people who overcome infection with the deadly pathogen has been discovered by researchers. The results challenge the current state of dengue vaccine...
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Researchers Discover Achilles Heel for Malaria
A key protein identified by University of Edinburgh researchers acts as a target for treatments to block the progress of malaria disease. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found a key...
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Mutation in Gene Liked With Restless Leg Syndrome Affects Sleep in Fruit Flies
Variations found in gene BTBD9, which is associated with restless leg syndrome (RLS) in humans, leads to disturbed sleep in fruit flies, a new study reveals. The same mutations in BTBD9 also reduce...
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Teenage Girl's Leg Chopped Off, Virgin Blood Offered to Deity
A teenage girl's leg was chopped off and her blood offered to a deity by two female sorcerers in Bihar's Purnia district yesterday. Thirteen-year-old Babli Kumari had gone to the two women believing...
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Robo Legs Mimicking Human Gait Developed by American Researchers
American researchers have created robotic legs that can walk in a biologically accurate manner, mimicking the human gait. The neural architecture, musculoskeletal architecture and sensory feedback...
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'Spray-on Skin' Could Help Treat Venous Leg Ulcers
Scientists have developed a revolutionary "spray-on skin" that may help to heal faster and offers speedy recovery from chronic leg ulcers. Scientists said Friday they had developed a revolutionary...
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Achilles Heel for Cancer Discovered
New class of genes that serve as an Achilles' heel for many forms of cancer have been discovered by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The...
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Skin Spray Speeds Up Leg Ulcer Healing
A spray that can cover a wound with a layer of skin cells has been tested by US and Canadian researchers and the results of their study have been published in the iLancet/i. The new "spray on skin"...
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