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Aortic dissection diagnosed on stroke computed tomography protocol: a case report
ConclusionsWhen acute stroke is suspected due to neurological deficits, plain head CT is the first choice for imaging diagnosis. The addition of cervical CT angiography can reliably exclude stroke due to aortic dissection. CTP can identify ischemic penumbra, which cannot be diagnosed by plain head CT or diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. These combined stroke CT protocols helped us avoid missing an aortic dissection.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - May 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Bilateral vertebral artery dissection and cerebellar stroke: a rare complication of massage.
We describe the case of a 39-year-old male, who presented to our emergency department after a one-day history of headache and vomiting, with associated sudden onset posterior neck pain and cerebellar signs following a massage. Computed tomography angiogram and brain demonstrated bilateral vertebral artery dissection and cerebellar stroke. He was admitted to hospital for monitoring and conservative management with antiplatelet therapy, resulting in a good outcome. This is the first reported case of bilateral vertebral artery dissection and stroke to be associated with massage. This case also suggests, unlike many reports in...
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research

AHA News: The Brain Isn ' t the Only Place a Stroke Can Occur
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Sudden, painless loss of vision. Burning back pain. Achy legs. Incontinence. People might not recognize these as signs of a stroke, because some are not the symptoms of a stroke in the brain,...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Publication date: Available online 24 June 2019Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Maigeng Zhou, Haidong Wang, Xinying Zeng, Peng Yin, Jun Zhu, Wanqing Chen, Xiaohong Li, Lijun Wang, Limin Wang, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Mei Zhang, Jinlei Qi, Shicheng Yu, Ashkan Afshin, Emmanuela Gakidou, Scott Glenn, Varsha Sarah Krish, Molly Katherine Miller-Petrie, W Cliff Mountjoy-VenningSummaryBackgroundPublic health is a priority for the Chinese Government. Evidence-based decision making for health at the province level in China, which is home to a fifth of the global population, is of paramount importance. This analysis uses data from the...
Source: The Lancet - June 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Interventions for preventing bone disease in kidney transplant recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Bisphosphonate therapy may reduce fracture and bone pain after kidney transplantation, however low certainty in the evidence indicates it is possible that treatment may make little or no difference. It is uncertain whether bisphosphonate therapy or other bone treatments prevent other skeletal complications after kidney transplantation, including spinal deformity or avascular bone necrosis. The effects of bone treatment for children and adolescents after kidney transplantation are very uncertain. PMID: 31637698 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - October 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Palmer SC, Chung EY, McGregor DO, Bachmann F, Strippoli GF Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Neuraxial anaesthesia for lower-limb revascularization.
CONCLUSIONS: Available evidence from included trials that compared neuraxial anaesthesia with general anaesthesia was insufficient to rule out clinically important differences for most clinical outcomes. Neuraxial anaesthesia may reduce pneumonia. No conclusions can be drawn with regard to mortality, myocardial infarction and rate of lower-limb amputation, or less common outcomes. PMID: 23897485 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Barbosa FT, Jucá MJ, Castro AA, Cavalcante JC Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Lamotrigine for chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults.
CONCLUSIONS: Large, high-quality, long-duration studies reporting clinically useful levels of pain relief for individual participants provided no convincing evidence that lamotrigine is effective in treating neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia at doses of about 200 to 400 mg daily. Given the availability of more effective treatments including antiepileptics and antidepressant medicines, lamotrigine does not have a significant place in therapy based on the available evidence. The adverse effect profile of lamotrigine is also of concern. PMID: 24297457 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Wiffen PJ, Derry S, Moore RA Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Top medicine articles for April 2014
A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:A Big Bet on Gluten-Free: 11% of households reporting purchases of gluten-free foods in 2013 (doubled in 3 yrs). 30% of the public says it would like to cut back on the amount of gluten it’s eating. "There is a growing population of people who have somehow heard that gluten-free is healthier or think of it as fashionable, and when they remove gluten from their diet, they’re inadvertently taking out a lot of processed foods and are really feeling the benefits of eating healthier foods.” http://buff.ly/1mt9phmNew nomenclature and classifications are p...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - April 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Health News of the Day Source Type: news

Levetiracetam for neuropathic pain in adults.
CONCLUSIONS: The amount of evidence for levetiracetam in neuropathic pain conditions was very small and potentially biased because of the methods of analysis used in the studies. There was no indication that levetiracetam was effective in reducing neuropathic pain, but it was associated with an increase in participants who experienced adverse events and who withdrew due to adverse events. PMID: 25000215 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - July 7, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Wiffen PJ, Derry S, Moore RA, Lunn MP Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in a population 15 years and older, Belgium, 1997–2008
Conclusions: To reduce the burden of disability in Belgium, interventions should target musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases especially among elderly. Furthermore, attention should also be given to depression in young individuals.
Source: BioMed Central - March 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Renata YokotaNicolas BergerWilma J NusselderJean-Marie RobineJean TafforeauPatrick DeboosereHerman Van Oyen Source Type: research

Overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: an estimation of costs
Conclusions The costs are substantial, and urgent public health action is required in Ireland to address the problem of increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, which if left unchecked will lead to unsustainable cost escalation within the health service and unacceptable societal costs.
Source: BMJ Open - March 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dee, A., Callinan, A., Doherty, E., O'Neill, C., McVeigh, T., Sweeney, M. R., Staines, A., Kearns, K., Fitzgerald, S., Sharp, L., Kee, F., Hughes, J., Balanda, K., Perry, I. J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Health economics Research Source Type: research

035: analysis of health research funding in india over five years
Conclusion Strategic mechanisms are needed in India to address the modest health research funding, funding mismatches for the leading causes of disease burden, and meagre funding for public health research, to enable health research to more effectively improve population health.
Source: BMJ Open - August 24, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dandona, L. Tags: Open access Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015 Source Type: research

Identification and description of controlled clinical trials published in Physiotherapy journals in Spain
ConclusionsThe number of CCTs published in Spanish physiotherapy journals is limited. Handsearching these journals is essential, since none is indexed in major databases. In general, the identified CCTs carry a high risk of bias.
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - September 14, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Maitane Turrillas, Mercè Sitjà‐Rabert, Hector Pardo, Jordi Vilaró Casamitjana, Azahara Fort‐Vanmeerhaeghe, Antonio Morral Fernández, Maria Àngels Cebrià i Iranzo, Xavier Bonfill Cosp Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis.
CONCLUSIONS: We have very little confidence to conclude whether surgical treatment or a conservative approach is better for lumbar spinal stenosis, and we can provide no new recommendations to guide clinical practice. However, it should be noted that the rate of side effects ranged from 10% to 24% in surgical cases, and no side effects were reported for any conservative treatment. No clear benefits were observed with surgery versus non-surgical treatment. These findings suggest that clinicians should be very careful in informing patients about possible treatment options, especially given that conservative treatment options...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - January 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Zaina F, Tomkins-Lane C, Carragee E, Negrini S Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Pediatric obesity: Causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment.
Authors: Xu S, Xue Y Abstract Pediatric or childhood obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents worldwide. Approximately 43 million individuals are obese, 21-24% children and adolescents are overweight, and 16-18% of individuals have abdominal obesity. The prevalence of obesity is highest among specific ethnic groups. Obesity increases the risk of heart diseases in children and adults. Childhood obesity predisposes the individual to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver and kidney diseases and causes reproductive dysfunction in adults. Obe...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - February 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research