Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

“My diaphragm is paralyzed as well … I can't thermally regulate, and that means I can't sweat anymore.” She and Riessle had just started dating at the time of the attack (in which he was ...

The thought of dying in your sleep has probably crossed your mind more than once. It’s a terrifying idea — one you’d rather not dwell on before closing your eyes at night. But at the ... The post Why ...

As the bed head rises, the weight of the abdominal organs pulls down the patient’s diaphragm. This expands his chest cavity, which his paralyzed muscles can no longer do, and pulls air into the ...

Diaphragm paralysis has been reported radiologically after cardiac surgery with an incidence ranging from 30% to 75% of patients. We studied 100 consecutive patients undergoing open heart ...

Using the optimal NE column parameters, we investigated four patients with diaphragm paralysis, one of whom required positive pressure ventilation while in the MR scanner, to show the utility of ...

Emma Worley was driving home to Cherokee County from Savannah when she got stuck in the paralyzed traffic, just north of the Georgia Highway 42 exit, Tuesday night. By 11 a.m. Wednesday ...

Kyla Barton, 14, suffered paralysis from the waste down after two of three scheduled surgeries at Mayo Clinic to remove a tumor from her spine that was causing it to curve abnormally. The family ...

ST. PAUL — The family of a 13-year-old girl has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayo Clinic and two orthopedic surgeons, alleging they permanently paralyzed the girl after failing to stabilize ...

Researchers have developed a high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables individuals with paralysis, like patient T5, to control virtual environments with unprecedented ability.

A 69-year-old man with paralysis and a brain implant was able to fly a virtual drone through complex obstacle courses, simply by thinking about moving his fingers, thanks to an experimental device ...