Questioning the Link Between Sports-Related Concussions and CTE
This article is submitted on behalf of 26 brain injury experts in neurosurgery, neuropsychology, neurology, neuropathology and public policy at 23 universities and hospitals in the United States and Canada.
The additional signatories are:
Lili-Naz Hazrati, associate professor of neuropathology at the University of Toronto; clinician-scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
John Leddy, professor of clinical orthopaedics and rehabilitation sciences at the SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Barry Willer, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Me...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Boston University CTE football Sports-Related Concussions Source Type: blogs
Head Impact and Hyperphosphoralated Tau in Teens
We all agree that repeated blows to the head are bad for the brain. What we don ' t yet know is:who will show lasting cognitive and behavioral impairmentswho will show only transient sequelae (and for how long)who will manifest long-term neurodegeneration...and by which specific cellular mechanism(s)Adding to the confusion is the unclear terminology used to describe impact-related head injuries. Is aconcussion the same as a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Sharp and Jenkins say absolutely not, and contend thatConcussion is confusing us all:It is time to stop using the term concussion as it has no clear definition and no ...
Source: The Neurocritic - February 5, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Think critically about for-profit donor entities and their commitments to health
At my job as a primary care doctor in a federal safety net clinic, I was given a free T-shirt to wear the following day. It reads “Crucial Catch — Intercept Cancer” in between the logos of the National Football League (NFL) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). This celebrates the 8-year partnership of almost $18 million dollars donated to fund cancer screening and prevention. These philanthropic gestures of large donors help to fund valuable projects and raise visibility, as demonstrated by my entire clinic staff getting ready to sport their campaign gear. However, recent history of the NFL delineates ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/emi-okamoto" rel="tag" > Emi Okamoto, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Cardiology Neurology Source Type: blogs
A neurologist talks about kids and headaches
It’s not uncommon for a child to complain of a headache. But what should a parent do? When should you worry? What are features that are cause for concern and should prompt a call to the pediatrician, or even a trip to the emergency room? For kids with headaches, do they necessarily need to take medication, or are there other nondrug treatments that may be just as effective?
When to call your pediatrician
The cardinal rule for thinking about headaches is “first or worst.” In practical terms, if your child has never had a headache before, you need to evaluate carefully.
Did he have any recent head trauma, such as a fa...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FAHS Tags: Children's Health Headache Parenting Source Type: blogs
On the value and the limits of cognitive screening, as seen in President Trump ’s examination
DISCUSSION: Among cognitively normal older adults MoCA performance remains relatively stable over time, however across the older adult age-span MoCA performance declines in a linear fashion. These results will help clinicians better understand the normal course of MoCA change in older adults while researchers may use these results to inform sample size estimates for intervention studies.
Cognitive monitoring and testing in the near future:
The FDA clears two computerized cognitive tests to assist in medical evaluations following brain injury or concussion
Biopharma embraces digital cognitive assessments to identify ...
Source: SharpBrains - January 17, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Age-associated Alzheimer’s Disease cognition Cognitive variability cognitive-decline cognitive-function cognitive-screening executive brain function Intraindividual change memory impairment Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best of CES 2018
CES 2018 is over. We assessed the many health-related gadgets that were shown off by a myriad of companies, concluded our deliberations, and now is the time to present the winners of Medgadget’s Best of CES 2018. We extend our congratulations to the winners!
SmartSleep from Philips
Here’s an exciting device with a huge potential to improve the lives of millions. This simple looking head band is steeped in some serious science, and as the Philips folks told us, study results have shown significant improvement in sleep for many people that were enrolled in the company’s trials. We were able to ask Dr. Da...
Source: Medgadget - January 16, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Medicine Rehab Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Key Articles in Health IT from 2017 (Part 2 of 2)
The first part of this article set a general context for health IT in 2017 and started through the year with a review of interesting articles and studies. We’ll finish the review here.
A thoughtful article suggests a positive approach toward health care quality. The author stresses the value of organic change, although using data for accountability has value too.
An article extolling digital payments actually said more about the out-of-control complexity of the US reimbursement system. It may or not be coincidental that her article appeared one day after the CommonWell Health Alliance announced an API whose main purp...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: 3D Printing ACO Apple Connected Health Digital Health Gadgets Genomics Google Healthcare AI Healthcare Analytics Healthcare API Healthcare Devices Healthcare IT Security Healthcare Reimbursement HIE Meaningful Use Medical D Source Type: blogs
Firms Race to Find New Ways to Scan Brain Health
“How consistently you type on a keyboard and the way you use your smartphone may one day tell your doctor — or someone else, like your employer — if your brain is ailing.
Right now, doctors generally rely on questionnaires about a person’s symptoms and written challenges like drawing a clock to begin to home in on brain diseases like depression and dementia. New technologies would replace these with passive monitoring of things like computer or smartphone use, or even changes to a person’s brain waves, to detect brain changes consistent with diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, PTSD, depression, and injuri...
Source: SharpBrains - December 9, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology Source Type: blogs
Concussions Take a Rapid Toll on Young Brains
This study demonstrates that playing a season of contact sports at the youth level can produce neuroimaging brain changes, particularly for the DMN, " said Murugesan. (Source: radRounds)
Source: radRounds - December 2, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Vibrator Detects Protein Biomarkers of Disease, Already Tried as Concussion Detector
Scientists at Purdue University have developed a novel new way of detecting biomarkers within blood and other bodily fluids, potentially opening the possibility of being able to quickly and easily detect a wide variety of diseases and monitor their progress.
The team’s microelectromechanical system (MEMS) relies on vibration to spot a looked-for biomarker within the rest of a liquid sample. Because the resonant frequencies of a protein, for example, is known, a small blood sample shaken at one of those frequencies would move differently depending on whether the protein is present or not. The variance in this motion i...
Source: Medgadget - November 30, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Diagnostics Genetics Pathology Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 306
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 306th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
RebelEM unleashes his top 10 pearls from ACEP17 [LP]
EPMonthly published an ER account of the...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 13, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review #FOAMped #FOAMresus #FOAMsim #FOAMus #meded FOAMcc FOAMed LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Researchers may have discovered a cause of multiple sclerosis
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that causes damage to the substance that covers nerve cells. This interrupts normal communication between nerves, leading to problems with movement, speech, and other functions. We don’t know what causes MS but we think it is an autoimmune disease.
What is an autoimmune disease?
Autoimmune diseases develop when a person’s immune system goes after its own tissues and organs. Autoimmune disease can affect all parts of the body. For example:
Type 1 diabetes. This is the type that usually affects kids and develops when abnormal antibodies attack cer...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Brain and cognitive health Injuries Neurological conditions Prevention Safety MS multiple sclerosis Source Type: blogs
Medgadget Visits The Medical Alley Innovation Summit in Minneapolis 2017
MedTech Strategist working together with The Medical Alley Association for the very first time brought their premier innovation summit to Minnesota, a place now considered by many to be the global epicenter of health innovation and care. Over the two-day long event more than 35 start-up and emerging medical companies presented their technologies and devices to representatives of leading venture capitalist and investment banks, and also to large medical device companies.
Considering that funding is of major importance to the field of medical innovation, this event gave both investors and entrepreneurs a chance to explore fu...
Source: Medgadget - October 19, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
