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Neurologic Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children: An Iranian Hospital-Based Study
CONCLUSION: During the current pandemic outbreak, hospitalized children with COVID-19 should be evaluated for neurological signs because it is common among them and should not be under-estimated.PMID:37543939 | DOI:10.34172/aim.2023.25
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - August 6, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Elmira Haji Esmaeil Memar Morteza Heidari Homa Ghabeli Elham Pourbakhtyaran Roya Haghighi Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Hosseiny Setareh Mamishi Shima Mahmoudi Hamid Eshaghi Ali Reza Tavasoli Mahmoud Mohammadi Reza Shervin Badv Gholamreza Zamani Masood Ghahvehchi Source Type: research

What a jerk: perils in the assessment of psychogenic movement disorders
In 2012, the upstate New York town of LeRoy became something of a neuropsychiatric battleground when it witnessed an outbreak of cases of sudden-onset tic-like behaviour in high-school age girls, many from a single school.1 The ‘Tourette's epidemic’, as it was dubbed by a fascinated world media, attracted different explanations: for every claim that this was ‘mass hysteria’ (ie, conversion disorder), there was an outraged counter-claim to the effect that such a diagnosis was missing a real organic cause of these tics and jerks, variously thought to be PANDAS (a rare and still controversial apparent ...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - July 8, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Pollak, T. A. Tags: Genetics, Immunology (including allergy), Epilepsy and seizures, Movement disorders (other than Parkinsons), Neurological injury, Pain (neurology), Stroke, Trauma CNS / PNS, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Somatoform disord Source Type: research

Emergency department visits in Colorado associated with smoking synthetic cannabinoids
3 out of 5 stars Severe Illness Associated with Reported Use of Synthetic Marijuana — Colorado, August-September 2013. MMWR 2013 Dec 13;62:1016-1017. Full Text In August and September of this year, it became apparent to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) that there was a significant increase in the number of patients visiting emergency departments after smoking synthetic marijuana products. Therefore, the Department sent out a request to all EDs in the state to report patients seen on or after August 21 with altered mental status after using any form of synthetic marijuana. To study this pr...
Source: The Poison Review - December 13, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical colorado crazy clown denver spice synthetic cannabinoid Source Type: news

Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban
An elderly displaced man carries a sack of rations on his shoulder. The Pakistan Army has distributed 30,000 ration packs of 110 kg each. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 1 2014 (IPS) Three days ago, Rameela Bibi was the mother of a month-old baby boy. He died in her arms on Jun. 28, of a chest infection that he contracted when the family fled their home in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency, where a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban has forced nearly half a million people to flee. Weeping uncontrollable, Bibi struggles to recount her story. “My son was born on Jul. 2...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Aid Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Population Povert Source Type: news

Infection in long term care facility in the kingdom of Bahrain
Summary: Infections in long term care facilities (LTCF) are common and are considered a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Endemic infections and outbreaks are observed in LTCF. Of particular concern is the growth of multi-drug resistant organisms. A study was conducted in the Kingdom of Bahrain concerning infections among the residents in a LTCF. The aim was to define the rate, type and outcomes of institutional infections. The different treatment modalities and antimicrobials used were evaluated. Our facility cares for the elderly and a heterogeneous group of patients from different populations (e.g., mentally retar...
Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health - April 28, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jameela Al Salman, Rawan A. Al Agha, Yazen A. Mussayab, Abbas F. Hassan Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Boston Children’s Hospital Testing Epileptic Seizure-Detecting Watch
BOSTON (CBS) – Epilepsy is a tough condition to live with and, despite treatment, many patients often still have seizures. But now there’s a new way to warn their families when there is trouble. Leonor Colon’s 12-year-old son, Gali, has suffered from seizures all his life after having a stroke at birth. Even on multiple medications, he still has a seizure a week, usually at night. “My biggest fear is that if I’m not here to help him, that when I wake him up, he will be dead from seizures,” she told WBZ-TV. It’s a scary but real possibility. Dr. Tobi Loddenkemper, an epilepsy specialist at Bost...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: miketoole Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Boston Children's Hospital CBS Boston Dr. Mallika Marshall Dr. Tobias Loddenkemper Embrace Epilepsy Leonor Colon Seizure Watch Source Type: news

Madison Small And The Threat Of Bacterial Meningitis
Eighteen-year old high school student Madison Small of Ashburn, Virginia is dead after a swift and unexpected bacterial infection, reported ABC News. Small, an accomplished softball player, complained of a headache on the evening of Monday, Apr. 6 and was taken to the hospital, according to local news station WJLA in the video above. She died the next morning. On April 13, health investigators announced that she had died of bacterial meningitis, but said that her case was not part of a wider outbreak in the community. Bacterial meningitis is rare but severe. The infection, which can be caused by several different strai...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 13, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news