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

Goa Medical College (GMC) dean, Prof Dr Shivanand Bandekar, has assured the public that Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) does ...

The thought of dying in your sleep has probably crossed your mind more than once. It’s a terrifying idea — one you’d rather ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists in the US have developed a neural interface that enables an individual with paralysis to control a virtual quadcopter by decoding brain activity into distinct finger movements. Research ...

Nature Medicine It looks like a simple video game, but the innovative new system might one day restore physical control to the lives of people with paralysis. Neurosurgeons from Stanford and Brown ...

Multiple brain-computer interface (BCI) projects are currently underway, but BrainGate is one of the first aimed at motor restoration in users affected by neurodegenerative disorders and spinal ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

When patient T5 suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed, his dream of flying a drone seemed forever out of reach. Now, thanks to a brain implant, he’s experienced the thrill in a ...

Researchers have developed a device that let a 69-year-old man with paralysis fly a virtual drone using only his thoughts. Pioneering brain implant restores paralysed man’s sense of touch The ...