Coping and not coping
Finally this morning I have an appointment with my meds therapist. The week I fell and was home with my ' concussion ' I was emotionally a mess. I have found I do not do well with staying home for day after day.My husband works full time and if I don ' t leave the house, he is the only one I see for a few hours each evening, I feel very isolated. I need to see other people at least every other day.My socialization is planned. People need people. I think I especially need to see people and socialize. I was concerned about this when we moved out here and I stopped working.I planned my schedule to go to the gym Monday, Wednes...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: depression isolation medications Source Type: blogs
White matter tract abnormalities seen in football players receiving subconcussive blows
This study found a statistically significant relationship between head impact exposure and change of white matter FA value ofin theabsence of a clinically diagnosed concussion.This research supports work byAnn McKee and others hinting at histologic changes that can be incidentally observed at autopsy among young football players. (Thanks forDr. Adam King for alerting me to this important article from the radiology literature.) (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - November 10, 2016 Category: Radiology Tags: trauma Source Type: blogs
Pain and Suffering
Yesterday was not a good day. Some how I did too much (who me) and ran out of steam by the end of the day. And I got some bad news.First off, even though its been over a week since I fell, I am still not right. I run out of steam too soon and end up feeling a bit ' off ' each day. I did ask Dr Google about concussion recovery and found out it usually takes a week or more to fully recover and if you are older or have health issues, it can take longer. Drat.I want that magic wand to make me better as always.Second, I called a friend yesterday to see how she was doing. Her husband was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer near...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 10, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer death sadness stupid me Source Type: blogs
Not Blogging Equals Stress
As I also previously blogged, I haven ' t been blogging as much recently. And I have been feeling very stressed, and depressed recently. I realized these might be connected. At the beginning of my medical disasters (except my hysterectomy which was 18 months earlier) 9.5 years ago, I started blogging about my medical crap. I was ' expressing my stress ' (say that three times fast). I trained myself to vent through my writing. Then I haven ' t been writing, so I haven ' t been venting.Last night I started thinking (which is very dangerous at times) and realized that I really need to start blogging again for the emotional st...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: blogging stress venting Source Type: blogs
Trend: Mobile, data-rich apps to monitor and promote neurocognitive health
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BrainCheck raises $3 million for app to monitor brain health (TechCrunch):
“A Houston-based startup called BrainCheck has raised $3 million in seed funding for an app that helps users understand, by simply playing some games on an iPad, if they or a loved one may have suffered a concussion.
Founded in 2014 by Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, BrainCheck adapts to an interactive format the accepted assessments that neuropsychologists and neurologists administer to patients offline…Data gathered by BrainCheck could contribute to such studies and our collective understanding about ...
Source: SharpBrains - November 3, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology BrainCheck concussion concussion monitoring David Eagleman FDA iPad neurocognitive neurocognitive-health neurologists neuropsychologists Source Type: blogs
Bump
Sunday morning is special around here. We used to get the paper daily but now just don ' t have time to read it. So the Sunday paper is special. I get to spread it out and read as much as I want. We also tend to make a nice breakfast to eat together.But this Sunday was a bit different. I was still in my pajamas and barefoot and headed back to our room to get something. As I stepped into our room and stepped on a piece of tulle from one of my craft projects. That was a bit slippery and my feet went one way and I went the other.The resulting damage was from the fact that I landed on my hip, elbow, knee, and shoulder.... I to...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 1, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: falls resting Source Type: blogs
How Stanford Uses Eye-Tracking Virtual Reality Headset to Detect Concussions in Athletes
The dangers of brain injuries, particularly concussions, have become more clear and troubling, leading militaries, sports programs, and medical professionals to give more focus to preventing and detecting concussions. Brain injuries are still poorly understood, and nobody clearly defined what a concussion is, but what is known is that when a person has poor eye tracking ability it’s a good idea to get off the field and get help.
The brain tracks objects that we’re seeing by predicting which way they’ll go and pointing our eyes at them, allowing us to interact with a fast moving world with minimal blur. Ho...
Source: Medgadget - October 3, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Neurology Source Type: blogs
BrainScope Ahead 300 Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment Device FDA Cleared
BrainScope, a Bethesda, Maryland firm that’s been working with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop technology for assessing traumatic brain injuries (TBI), just won FDA clearance for its latest device, the Ahead 300. This the first of the company’s products that will actually be distributed commercially and it’s touted as their most advanced version.
It can provide a rapid electroencephalographic (EEG) assessment of a person who suffered a head injury, utilizing disposable electrodes and a connected smartphone to process the information. It relies on the firm’s proprietary algorithms and mac...
Source: Medgadget - September 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Emergency Medicine Military Medicine Neurology Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Update: New tools, research and thinking to promote Brain Health in the Digital Age
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The Times They Are a-Changin.
In a recent survey, 91% of those polled said that “Doctors should monitor cognitive health systematically, especially when prescribing new medicaments.”
This is important news, as anyone who has experienced negative side-effects, cognitive or otherwise, knows.
We need to upgrade our brain health system to reflect the realities, challenges and opportunities in the 21st century, in the midst of the Digital Age we live in.
Where should we start? In this edition of SharpBrains’ e-newsletter, let’s take a look at some emerging tools, scientific studies and fresh ideas. Happy read...
Source: SharpBrains - September 23, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology -google AARP Brain-health brain-stimulation CC-ABHI cognitive-health digital age digital health FDA IBM innovation Mental-Health mindfulness Source Type: blogs
Update: New tools, research and thinking to reinvent Brain Health in the Digital Age
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The Times They Are a-Changin.
In a recent survey, 91% of those polled said that “Doctors should monitor cognitive health systematically, especially when prescribing new medicaments.”
This is important news, as anyone who has experienced negative side-effects, cognitive or otherwise, knows.
We need to upgrade our brain health system to reflect the realities, challenges and opportunities in the 21st century, in the midst of the Digital Age we live in.
Where should we start? In this edition of SharpBrains’ e-newsletter, let’s take a look at some emerging tools, scientific studies and fresh ideas. Happy read...
Source: SharpBrains - September 23, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology -google AARP Brain-health brain-stimulation CC-ABHI cognitive-health digital age digital health FDA IBM innovation Mental-Health mindfulness Source Type: blogs
The Politics of Hillary ’s Pneumonia
By SAURABH JHA, MD
It is selfish of a leader of a nation to drop dead during office. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, died suddenly at 74, apparently from a ruptured aneurysm. His aneurysm, allegedly, had something to do with Edwina Mountbatten – the wife of Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Shortly after Nehru’s death, Pakistan attacked India. Nehru’s replacement, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died mysteriously in Tashkent two years after Nehru’s death, and was succeeded by Indira, Nehru’s daughter. India’s future was forever changed by a burst aneurysm or, if rumors are to be believed, by ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
FDA clears two computerized cognitive tests to assist in medical evaluations following brain injury or concussion
FDA allows marketing of first-of-kind computerized cognitive tests to help assess cognitive skills after a head injury (FDA news release):
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of two new devices to assess a patient’s cognitive function immediately after a suspected brain injury or concussion. The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) and ImPACT Pediatric are the first medical devices permitted for marketing that are intended to assess cognitive function following a possible concussion. They are intended as part of the medical evaluation that doctors perform to a...
Source: SharpBrains - August 26, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology assess cognitive function Brain-health brain-injury cognitive-function Cognitive-tests computerized computerized cognitive test concussion digital health digital medicine FDA Source Type: blogs
What to Say When People Ask, ‘ What Do You Do? ’
What a joy it was speaking for the ASHA Connect Conference in Minneapolis. I want to follow up on one of the ideas that seemed to resonate with many of you: why to never again tell people what you do. My example below demonstrates why this is so important.
While speaking at an Inc.5000 event, I introduced the approach of replacing elevator speeches with elevator connections. An entrepreneur named Colleen raised her hand and said, “I can’t figure out how to do this for my business.”
I asked what she normally said when meeting people. She started explaining her job, using technical terms like magnetic resonance imaging...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 25, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Sam Horn Tags: Audiology Events Speech-Language Pathology Practice Management private practice Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Hillary Clinton is “ medically unfit to serve ” as President and Donald Trump has narcissistic personality disorder: Stop this uninformed medical speculation about the candidates!
I’ve been debating whether to write about this for a while now, given that the first article that I noticed about it was first published a week and a half ago. Part of the reason for my reluctance is that it would be too easy for politics to be dragged into this more than I… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 19, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bioethics Medicine Politics Skepticism/critical thinking AAPS American Association of Physicians and Surgeons concussion Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Jane Orient JPANDS Martin Shkreli medically unfit to serve narcissistic persona Source Type: blogs
Hillary Clinton is “ medically unfit to serve ” as President and Donald Trump has narcisis: Stop abusing medical science for political gain
I’ve been debating whether to write about this for a while now, given that the first article that I noticed about it was first published a week and a half ago. Part of the reason for my reluctance is that it would be too easy for politics to be dragged into this more than I… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 19, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bioethics Medicine Politics concussion Donald Trump Hillary Clinton medically unfit to serve Parkinson's disease president seizure Source Type: blogs
