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Not_Stupid t1_j9ef9jk wrote

Reply to comment by Gotanyfunkopops in The case of a patient who had COVID for 318 days helped scientists discover a new route for dangerous coronavirus strain emergence. They found mutations enabling T cell escape. Keeping track of mutations is crucial for understanding, monitoring, and controlling the pandemic by Skoltech_

You've almost certainly been exposed though. You've just had a sufficient immune response to the viral particles that entered your system that they haven't been able to get a foothold and replicate to a detectable level.

My whole family got it, but I felt fine other than the barest hint of a headache. Tested negative for days after they'd all been confirmed, and finally got a postive test well after any hint of symptoms had gone.

Like you, I don't get sick much generally. From viruses at least, bacterial or fungal infections are a different story.

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skater15153 t1_j9edexs wrote

Reply to comment by cdrewing in Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment by TheTelegraph

Was thinking the same thing for me father. I'm also curious if there's something in this same path for the muscle tone many suffer from. Like if you could use this to help the opposite muscle to overcome tone issues. My dad has his legs basically locked up without drugs and the drugs knock him out.

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kallistini t1_j9e8h62 wrote

Reply to comment by upsidedownbackwards in Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment by TheTelegraph

I know a couple people that are doing it for stroke rehab with a mobile unit about the size of a shoe (plus VR headset and laptop). When I was involved in the field, we did visit a few spinal cord injury clinics, but we had a devil of a time getting usable EMG signals from the patients we worked with. Maybe it was just bad luck, but we couldn’t get any more funding for that project without promising preliminary data.

I’m also really excited for the tech to move forward. Everyone we worked with seemed to genuinely have fun and get lost in the game/training they were doing.

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bobjr94 t1_j9e83xp wrote

Reply to comment by leonffs in Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment by TheTelegraph

My wife had 6 more more strokes by 42 and several major brain surgeries to restore profusion. She has MoyaMoya a uncommon disease that causes vessels in the brain to shrink and block blood flow. It can effect children from 6 months to several years old as well then seems to take a brake then hit people in their 40s to 50s.

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magenk t1_j9e6pd6 wrote

Reply to comment by PepiHax in Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment by TheTelegraph

It may not be super cutting edge tech, but it's far from perfected. There are still lots of potential serious complications from this "minimally invasive" procedure.

While the risks may be worth it for many, I don't think minimizing the risks is very responsible. The nervous system is very complex and for all of our knowledge, we're still stabbing in the dark a lot of the time.

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TLOU2bigsad t1_j9e6bk4 wrote

Reply to Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment by TheTelegraph

This seems strange to be news right now. Maybe because it’s more generalized?

My brother got a TBI back in 08 and was in a coma then bed ridden for almost a year. Because of the injuries and subsequent foot drop and couldn’t walk but once they got to standing and stuff again they out these boots in him then used electric stimulation to point his foot upward when he stepped so it wouldn’t drag.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_j9e5pgq wrote

Reply to comment by BafangFan in Deficits in executive function linked to weight excess in preschoolers by chrisdh79

>I don't think young toddlers know what a calorie is, or how many they need - or the difference between a good calorie and a bad calorie.

Perhaps also worth noting that obesity is a relatively new problem in Thailand. While the obesity rate is rapidly increasing, it was below 5% only 20 years ago. It's not a problem they've been dealing with for multiple generations the way we have in the West, and the grandparents of today's children grew up in a time when hunger was a much bigger problem than obesity.

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Boring_Vanilla4024 t1_j9e56t0 wrote

Reply to comment by Weird_Major2489 in The case of a patient who had COVID for 318 days helped scientists discover a new route for dangerous coronavirus strain emergence. They found mutations enabling T cell escape. Keeping track of mutations is crucial for understanding, monitoring, and controlling the pandemic by Skoltech_

Yep. Had so many renal transplant patients in their 40s die in the height of the pandemic.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_j9e4owm wrote

Reply to comment by BafangFan in Deficits in executive function linked to weight excess in preschoolers by chrisdh79

I can think of at least three possible explanations:

  1. Executive function is heritable, and parents with poor executive function are more likely to overfeed their children.

  2. Children with poor executive function behave in a manner that prompts parents to overfeed them.

  3. Overeating and obesity impair executive function, even in young children.

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