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How John Fetterman Came Out of the Darkness
When he looks back on the past year—a year in which he nearly died, became a U.S. Senator, and nearly died again—it is the debate that John Fetterman identifies as the ­breaking point. “The debate lit the mitch,” he says, then shakes his head in frustration and tries again. The right word is there in his brain, but he struggles to get it out. “Excuse me, that should be lit the mitch—” He stops and tries again. “Lit the match,” he says finally. Oct. 25, 2022: the date is lodged in his mind. “I knew I had to do it,” he tells me. “I knew that the vote...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Molly Ball Tags: Uncategorized Congress Cover Story Exclusive feature uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news

Treatment of status migrainosus by general anesthesia: a case report
Conclusion Status migrainosus is a rare disabling complication and anesthetics have been the subject of research in its treatment; the option for general anesthesia with agents that stimulate GABA receptors, propofol and isoflurane, in association with fentanyl, proved effective and should encourage new research.
Source: Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology - August 29, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research

Portrayed by Peale, Would “Apoplexy” Haunt Colton’s Near-asphyxial Anesthetics?
By mass-producing chromolithographs of The Court of Death, an allegorical painting by Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), nitrous oxide pioneer Gardner Q. Colton (1814–1898) hoped to decorate 100,000 American homes with this “parlor ornament.” On the left third of Colton’s print of Peale’s painting, a closer view (above) reveals sensual Pleasure (12) and Intemperance (14), which Peale associated with Gout (17), Fever (22), and Delirium Tremens (16). Of course, Pleasure and Intemperance were also linked with mental afflictions ranging from Hypochondria (20), Remorse (13), and Despair (23) to Suicide (15). Accumulating ...
Source: Anesthesiology - April 20, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research

Mind the Treatment Gap
getty images/ istock photoBy Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaPHILADELPHIA AND NEW DELHI, Apr 14 2017 (IPS)Implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act will require a restructuring of health-care services The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on March 27, 2017, has been hailed as a momentous reform. According to the Bill, every person will have the right to access mental health care operated or funded by the government; good quality and affordable health care; equality of treatment and protection from inhuman practices; access to legal services; and right to complain against coercion and cruelt...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vani Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Women's Health Source Type: news