Anyone with a muscle and joint condition is being urged to check if they may be eligible for financial support from the Government.

Imagine you're at a dinner party and the person sitting across the table from you suddenly stops making sense, and not ...

More than two-thirds of stroke survivors have upper extremity paresis (ie, motor impairment affecting the arms and hands),1 and this impairment is typically treated with some amount of rehabilitation ...

The biological mechanisms of rehabilitation after stroke are not fully understood. Here authors identify parvalbumin interneurons as a key mediator of rehabilitation-induced stroke recovery and a ...

In general, Dupuytren's contracture is an annoying problem, but not a painful problem. However, up to 20 percent of people report significant pain after treatment of the condition. The hand and ...

You’ll typically receive a local anesthetic to numb your hand. While the cord isn't removed in a fasciotomy, breaking it up helps decrease the contracture and improve finger movement.

People with one of the type A blood groups are more likely to have a stroke before the age of 60 compared with people with other blood types, research shows. Blood types describe the rich variety of ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that moderate stress levels were associated with a 78% increased risk of stroke in female participants, but not in males. ozgurcankaya/Getty Images Stress is ...

Women over 50 who drink two or more diet sodas or any kind of artificially sweetened drinks a day, face an increased risk of stroke and heart attack. Even what happens during pregnancy impacts a ...

March 4, 2025 -- The FDA has approved the first new clot-busting drug in nearly 30 years, offering a faster way to dissolve blood clots in adults who suffer a stroke. The treatment ...