Windows Installed in Skulls Help Doctors Study Damaged Brains
Some neurosurgeons are testing an acrylic prosthesis that lets them peer into patients ’ heads with ultrasound. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Skull (Body Part) Prostheses Brain Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms Surgery and Surgeons Brain Cancer Hydrocephalus Therapy and Rehabilitation Marr, Tucker Hager, Jared Source Type: news
Researchers uncover bacterium behind widespread newborn deaths in Uganda
Three studies identified a bacterial strain responsible for hydrocephalus in babies following infection, paving the way for treatments to prevent the condition. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers uncover bacteria behind widespread newborn deaths in Uganda
Three studies identified a bacterial strain responsible for hydrocephalus in babies following infection, paving the way for treatments to prevent the condition. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Danny Bonaduce Says He ’s Getting Brain Surgery Following Neurological Disorder Diagnosis
Danny Bonaduce revealed that he’s set to undergo brain surgery after being recently diagnosed with a neurological disorder. During an interview with TMZ, posted online Friday, The Partridge Family star said he was diagnosed in March with hydrocephalus – a build-up of fluid in the cavities deep…#dannybonaduce #tmz #partridgefamily #seattle #kzok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Danny Bonaduce will have brain surgery for a neurological disorder: 'I can't walk '
'The Partridge Family' actor Danny Bonaduce said he saw '100 doctors' before he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. He will soon undergo brain surgery. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Del Rosario Source Type: news
Danny Bonaduce will have brain surgery for a neurological disorder:'I can't walk'
'The Partridge Family' actor Danny Bonaduce said he saw '100 doctors' before he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. He will soon undergo brain surgery. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Del Rosario Source Type: news
Study finds crucial link between immune system and acquired hydrocephalus
Yale researchers uncover underlying factors that contribute to certain cases of fluid buildup in the brain ’s cavities, a finding that could transform treatment. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
CereVasc Appoints Dr. Adel Malek Chief Medical Officer
BOSTON, March 28, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- CereVasc, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage, medical device company developing novel, minimally invasive treatments for neurological diseases, names Adel Malek, MD PhD as the company... Devices, Neurosurgery, Personnel CereVasc , eShunt System, hydrocephalus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - March 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Real world validation of activity recognition algorithm and development of novel behavioral biomarkers of falls in aged control and movement disorder patients - Nouriani A, Jonason A, Sabal LT, Hanson JT, Jean JN, Lisko T, Reid E, Moua Y, Rozeboom S, Neverman K, Stowe C, Rajamani R, McGovern RA.
The use of wearable sensors in movement disorder patients such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is becoming more widespread, but most studies are limited to characterizing general aspects of mobility using smartphones. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
What Are Presentations of Neurocysticercosis?
Discussion
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic CNS infection world-wide. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic in Southeast Asia including the Indian Subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is becoming more common in other areas of the world because of immigration and the overall ease of travel.
The basic Taenia lifecycle is that humans eat un- or undercooked pork (pigs are the intermediate host) that is invested with the larvae called cysterici. The adult tapeworm forms in the human gastrointestinal tract and eggs are produced. Humans are the de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
These New Pediatric Development Clinics in Rwanda Save Lives
By D éogratias Rwangabo Nkurunziza,
Communication Officer ; Richard Kalisa,
Newborn and child health advisor
A PDC nurse examines baby Sebastien at Ruhengeri Referral Hospital. Photo by Deogratias Rwangabo Nkurunziza for IntraHealth International.January 31, 2023The birth of a baby is often a joyous, momentous occasion. For Izabayo Marcel, however, August 2021 was a heartbreaking month. His wife died while giving birth to their baby, Sebastien Duhirwe, and Sebastien suffered from birth asphyxia, which left him fighting for his life.The doctors and nurses at the Ruhengeri Referral Hospital acted quickly—and t...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Health workforce development Midwives Nurses Source Type: news
Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—
By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Indian medical devices more cost-effective: Union Minister
The Minister of State (independent charge) for Science and Technology was addressing the faculty and students after inaugurating the combined devices block at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) here. Technologies like the artificial heart valve, hydrocephalus shunt, oxygenator and drug-eluting intra-uterine device developed by the SCTIMST are being manufactured in countries like the USA, Japan, Brazil, and China, he said. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gene Treatment for Rare Epilepsy Causes Brain Side Effect in 2 Children
The side effect, a buildup of fluid in the brain, led to the death of one of the children and presents a grave setback for a class of personalized medicine. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erika Check Hayden Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Genetics and Heredity Hydrocephalus Brain your-feed-science Clinical Trials Epilepsy Research Genetic Engineering Source Type: news
Yale neurosurgeons first in US to implant device to treat hydrocephalus
The eShunt, a new device that can be placed with minimally invasive techniques, could help adults with a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - September 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
