Human Toxoplasma gondii infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data published between 1960 and 2019 - Karshima SN, Karshima MN.
BACKGROUND: Over 70% of the worlds' population is infected by Toxoplasma gondii; a pathogen capable of causing cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV patients and neonatal complications like miscarriage, chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, cerebral calcification and fo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Rhaeos, Inc. Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for FlowSense(TM) Noninvasive Thermal Sensor
Novel wireless device designed to optimize shunt management in patients with hydrocephalus
EVANSTON, Ill., June 1, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Rhaeos, Inc. (Rhaeos), a private medical technology company focused on addressing a cli... Devices, Monitoring, Neurosurgery, FDA Rhaeos , FlowSense, ventricular shunt, hydrocephalus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 1, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SWE effectively predicts cirrhosis complications
Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is an effective way to help predict liver-related...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Elastography methods reduce unnecessary breast biopsies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
New drugs on the horizon for stroke and hydrocephalus
Research coming out of Yale has identified a compound that could be developed into a drug to reduce swelling in many brain injuries, including stroke. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 26, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Baby born with a swollen head defies doctors who told his mother to terminate pregnancy
Lorenzo Pontone was diagnosed with severe hydrocephalus, a condition which causes fluid to build up in the skull, making the brain swell, at his mother Nikky Lewis's 20-week scan. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fewer infections with antibiotic-impregnated shunts for hydrocephalus
This NIHR Signal outlines the results of the BASICS study, which suggests that antibiotic-impregnated shunt catheters should be the first choice for people having a first ventriculoperitoneal shunt inserted for treatment of hydrocephalus, regardless of age or cause of illness. Although antibiotic-impregnated shunt catheters may not reduce the numbers of revisions required for any cause, infections in the cerebrospinal fluid cause significant morbidity and require longer and more expensive treatment as well as revision compared with just revision for mechanical failure.The authors say that the increased price of these shunt...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Lifespan for a Child with Holoprosencephaly?
Discussion
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a clefting problem of the brain. “[HPE] the result of incomplete or absent midline division of the embryonic forebrain into distinct cerebral hemispheres (prosencephalon) between the 18th and 28th day after conception.”
There are four distinct subtypes:
Alobar – both hemispheres are completely fused and are not separated into the left and right hemispheres. There is agenesis of the corpus callosum, arrhinencephaly and a single ventricle with fused thalami. Facial features are almost always affected.
Semilobar – the cerebral hemispheres are fused anteriorly bu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 18, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Many patients with iNPH develop Alzheimer's disease, too
(University of Eastern Finland) Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. The researchers were able to predict the development of Alzheimer's disease by using the Disease State Index, DSI, that combines patient-specific data from various sources. The results were published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Baby With Hydrocephalus Needs Urgent Surgery
[Namibian] Cheryl Popas had no idea the baby she was carrying will be diagnosed with hydrocephalus shortly after birth. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Symposium Featured Pediatric Device Awards, Discussed Clinical Trial Possibilities
Six of the finalists competing in the “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!†program by Children’s National Hospital and the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) were selected as winners during the 7th Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium. Each company earned a $25,000 award and the opportunity to participate in NCC-PDI’s recently launched “Pediatric Device Innovator Accelerator Program†led by MedTech Innovator.
In addition to celebrating pediatric device innovation, the ...
Source: MDDI - September 26, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Design Source Type: news
'There was no hope': Treatable disease often mistaken for Alzheimer's
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, which causes mobility and memory issues, can be mistaken for dementia. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: High Cases of Hydrocephalus Worry Masaka Health Officials
[Monitor] Health workers are worried about the rampant cases of children suffering from hydrocephalus in Masaka Regional Referral Hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 27, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What Causes Macrocephaly?
Discussion
“Macrocephaly is defined as [an occipitofrontal circumference or head circumference, OFC ] of > 2 standard deviations above the mean or above the 97th percentage for a given age, and gender, or when serial measurement shows progressive enlargement, crossing of one or more major percentiles, or when there is an increase in OFC > 2 cm/month in the first 6 months of life.” Megalencephaly is enlargement of the brain parenchyma. The OFC should be measured using a non-elastic tape which surrounds the head along the line of the glabella and posterior occipital protrusion.
There are ethnic differences...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 20, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Comedian Tim Conway, 85, Dies of Brain Disorder
Comedian Tim Conway, a co-star of The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, has died of the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus. He was 85. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Commonly Are Brain Tumors Seen in Spasmus Nutans?
Discussion
Nystagmus is periodic eye movement that is involuntary where there is a slow drift of fixation. The slow drift can be followed by a fast saccade back to fixation. The pathological movement is the slow phase, but nystagmus is described by the fast phase (i.e. horizontal nystagmus, vertical nystagmus).
Spasmus nutans (SN) is a movement disorder that is rare. The classic triad includes nystagmus, head bobbing or titubation, and torticollis, with these problems being in the absence of any ophthalmological or neurological condition. Onset is in the first year of life but ranges from 6-36 months. Time to resolution ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 15, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
