Thursday, October 29, 2015 5:51 PM
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CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis
New article from NASA on their collaboration on the space station with Dr. Zamboni. If rocket scientists will work with this innovative researcher, why can't neurologists? "The investigation’s success could help scientists develop countermeasures that will influence the future of human spaceflight on long-duration missions. It could also impact the medical community on Earth, especially for physicians treating patients with chronic heart failure and neurological disorders. The strain-gauge plethysmography, complemented by ultrasound analysis of the jugular pulse, could potentially make measuring blood flow in these sets of patients much easier, allowing patients and doctors to better go with the flow." On Earth, blood flows down from a person’s brain back toward the heart thanks in part to gravity, but very little is known about how this flow happens in microgravity.
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