Cherechi Abakwue, 29, was only a few months into her first year of medical school at Loma Linda University in California when she began experiencing headaches. When doctors determined they were caused by a meningioma, a type of brain tumor, she was referred to Jacques J. Morcos, MD, an expert in skull base tumors and cerebrovascular surgery at UTHealth Houston who helped her overcome the potentia…
Background and objectivesSpinal cord injury (SCI) often results in permanent paralysis, leading to substantial long-term disability and loss of quality-adjusted life years. Strategies to preserve neural function in the hyperacute phase are needed. Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) improves neurological function in chronic SCI. Earlier implementation in acute SCI may preserve or restor…
Chronic pain affects one in five adults, yet it remains a deeply personal and often misunderstood experience. For many, the search for relief becomes a cycle of treatments that fail to deliver lasting results, sometimes leading to long-term reliance on medications that can significantly impact quality of life.
In this special episode of Curing with Sound, we examine the future of pain management …
Student teams from NEOMED and other universities demonstrated their medical technologies at the NEOvations Bench to Bedside Competition, held May 1 in the Jay A. Gershen Atrium. A total of 24 [...] The post Motion sensor for neurosurgery takes top honors in NEOvations Bench to Bedside competition appeared first on NEOMED .
Anthony Filiano, PhD, assistant professor of neurosurgery in the School of Medicine, is one of 10 recipients of the 2022 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. Filiano will receive $100,000 a year for the next three years for his project, "Reviving Brain Myelination as a Curative Therapy for Leukodystrophy.”
Leukodystrophy refers to a group of devastating childhood disorders in which ther…
At four months pregnant, Sasha arrived at UAMS in a coma.
We gave her hope — and a baby son.
Early in Sasha’s pregnancy, a tangle of blood vessels ruptured in her brain. She was airlifted to UAMS, where neurosurgeons are on call 24/7. By the time she arrived, she had no pulse and had to be revived twice.
The UAMS team of neurosurgeons, high-risk pregnancy specialists, and other medical experts jo…
