The way that clinicians report outcomes of surgery for a traumatic nerve injury involving the arm is not standardized, and it is thus difficult to compare the efficacy of different surgical treatments.

A 15-minute test that measures blood flow through the ankle can help identify people with peripheral artery disease, researchers in North Carolina said. The test, called an ankle brachial index, could be helpful in screening people who have already had a stroke or transient ischmic attack, the study by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, suggests. People in those two groups are at risk of suffering another stroke, transient attack or heart attack that could be fatal, Dr.

By Duggan, Edel Brull, Richard; Lai, Jacob; Abbas, Sherif Background and Objectives: Glomangiomas are rare, vascular tumors consisting of an afferent artery, arteriovenous canal, neuro- reticular elements, collagen, and efferent veins, and are most often located in the soft tissue of the upper extremities.

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It's official: A good laugh is literally heartwarming. That's according to a study that found that watching comedy films boosts cardiac blood flow.