13 quadriplegic patients are now able to use their arms, homeopathy is still in the hot seat and a genetic mutation could be the cause of autism. Here is the main news.
13 quadriplegic patients now manage to use their arms
A surgical operation bringing hope for people with quadriplegia. For the first time, a team of surgeons from Melbourne, Australia, has succeeded in restoring muscle power to paralyzed people in the upper and lower limbs by connecting functional nerves to injured nerves. Two years after surgery, and after intensive physiotherapy, the 13 young adults who took part in the trial are now able to reach out in front of them and open their hands to grasp and manipulate objects. They are thus capable of accomplishing certain daily tasks on their own, such as feeding themselves, brushing their teeth and hair, applying make-up, or even writing. We tell you more here.
Homeopathy: where are we?
At the end of June, the transparency committee of the High Authority for Health (HAS) officially came out in favor of the delisting of homeopathy. Although the final decision rests with the Ministry of Health, Agnès Buzyn, who had said that she would follow the advice of the HAS, has not yet spoken on the subject, considering the heat wave as a “priority”. In October, it will be the turn of the Order of Physicians (Cname) decide on the recognition of the profession. In “full session”, the Order will meet to “deliberate and make a decision on the fact of authorizing or not the practitioners to keep the mention of “specialty” on their plate, has announced its president, Dr. Patrick Bouet… To read more, click here.
Brain: a genetic mutation could be at the origin of autism
Could a single gene mutation contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? While scientists are still struggling to identify all the factors determining the development of this neurological disorder affecting 1 in 160 children worldwide, new work carried out by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Carolina Nord (UNC) suggest that a single genetic mutation may play a key role in the development of autism. Still considered, wrongly, as a psychiatric illness, autism is actually an early disorder of brain development affecting in particular the formation of neural connections. More information in our article.
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