Losing my dad's smile
When Bell's palsy left half of his father's face paralyzed, Harrison Golden made a deal with himself: If his dad couldn't smile, he wouldn't either. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Losing my father's smile
When Bell's palsy left half of his father's face paralyzed, Harrison Golden made a deal with himself: If his dad couldn't smile, he wouldn't either. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Losing my father's smile: The devastation of Bell's palsy
Dad politely leaned down to the stroller, waved and gave the baby his best smile. But because the Bell's palsy still lingered, his grin looked more like a smirk. The mother found his smile condescending. She ogled at him for a second or two, then rushed her stroller away. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spinal cord injury incurred by neck massage - Cheong HS, Hong BY, Ko YA, Lim SH, Kim JS.
Massage is generally accepted as a safe and a widely used modality for various conditions, such as pain, lymphedema, and facial palsy. However, several complications, some with devastating results, have been reported. We introduce a case of a 43-year-old m... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
ER Docs Can Tell Difference Between Stroke and Bell's Palsy
Title: ER Docs Can Tell Difference Between Stroke and Bell's PalsyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/8/2013 4:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/9/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - August 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Emergency physicians distinguish between Bell's palsy and stroke
Emergency physicians correctly identified nearly 100 percent of patients with Bell's palsy, the symptoms of which are nearly identical to potentially life-threatening diseases such as stroke and brain tumors. The results of a study of 6 years of California patient records were published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Potential Misdiagnoses of Bell's Palsy in the Emergency Department")... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news
Is it Bell's palsy or a stroke? Emergency physicians have the answer
(American College of Emergency Physicians) Emergency physicians correctly identified nearly 100 percent of patients with Bell's palsy, the symptoms of which are nearly identical to potentially life-threatening diseases such as stroke and brain tumors. The results of a study of six years of California patient records were published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Intense acupuncture may improve Bell's palsy
New York (Reuters Health) - Patients with facial paralysis saw greater improvements in function after a more intensive form of acupuncture in a new study from China that compared the treatment to standard acupuncture. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Intense Acupuncture May Improve Bell's Palsy
Patients with facial paralysis saw greater improvements in function after a more intensive form of acupuncture in a new study from China that compared the treatment to standard acupuncture.Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Acupuncture, Bell's Palsy (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acupuncture Level Affects Bell's Palsy Response (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Bell's palsy symptoms and associated disability improved significantly after 6 months of increased-intensity acupuncture, according to results of a randomized trial. (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Bell Palsy
Bell's Palsy (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - February 25, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
