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MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
.news-article__hero--featured .parallax__element{ object-position: 47% 50%; -o-object-position: 47% 50%; } The patient, a man in his 70s with a shock of silver hair, lies in the neuro intensive care unit (neuro ICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital. Looking at him, you’d never know that a few days earlier a tumor was removed from his pituitary gland. The operation didn’t leave a mark because, as is standard, surgeons reached the tumor through his nose. He chats cheerfully with a pair of research associates who have come to check his progress with a new and potentially revolutionary device they are testing. The cylind...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 23, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Rapid improvement in severe long COVID following perispinal etanercept
CONCLUSION: Perispinal etanercept is a promising treatment for the chronic neurologic dysfunction that may persist after resolution of acute COVID-19, including chronic cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and depression. These results suggest that long COVID brain neuroinflammation is a potentially reversible pathology and viable treatment target. In view of the increasing unmet medical need, clinical trials of perispinal etanercept for long COVID are urgently necessary. The robust results of the present case suggest that perispinal etanercept clinical trials studying long COVID populations with severe fatigue, depression and ...
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - July 6, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Edward Tobinick Robert N Spengler Tracey A Ignatowski Manar Wassel Samantha Laborde Source Type: research

Superbugs, Anti-Vaxxers Make WHO ’ s List Of 10 Global Health Threats
(CNN) — From climate change to superbugs, the World Health Organization has laid out 10 big threats to our global health in 2019. And unless these threats get addressed, millions of lives will be in jeopardy. Here’s a snapshot of 10 urgent health issues, according to the United Nations’ public health agency: Not vaccinating when you can One of the most controversial recent health topics in the US is now an international concern. “Vaccine hesitancy — the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines — threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-prevent...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Local TV Source Type: news

Telepsychotherapy with children and families: Lessons gleaned from two decades of translational research.
We describe adaptation for international contexts and strategies for troubleshooting technological challenges and working with families of varying socioeconomic strata. The extensive research literature reviewed and synthesized provides considerable support for the utility of telepsychotherapy with children with neurological conditions and their families and underscores its high level of acceptability with both diverse clinical populations and providers. During this period of heightened vulnerability and stress and reduced access to usual supports and services, telepsychotherapy approaches such as online family problem-sol...
Source: Journal of Psychotherapy Integration - June 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Neurosurgery in times of a pandemic: a survey of neurosurgical services during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Veneto region in Italy.
CONCLUSIONS: This multicenter study describes the effects of a COVID-19 outbreak on neurosurgical activities in a vast region in Italy. Remodulation of neurosurgical activities has resulted in a significant reduction of elective and emergency surgeries compared to previous years. Most likely this is a combined result of cancellation of elective and postponable surgeries, increase of conservative management, increase in social restrictions, and in patients' fear of accessing hospitals. Curiously, only endovascular procedures for AIS have increased, possibly due to reduced physical activity or increased thrombosis in SARS-Co...
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - December 1, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Raneri F, Rustemi O, Zambon G, Del Moro G, Magrini S, Ceccaroni Y, Basso E, Volpin F, Cappelletti M, Lardani J, Ferraresi S, Guida F, Chioffi F, Pinna G, Canova G, d'Avella D, Sala F, Volpin L Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research

Brain-related complications of COVID-19 and the role of FDG-PET in detecting vascular and non-vascular defects throughout the body
Conclusions FDG-PET can characterize the extent of systemic disease in COVID-19 patients and provide value in the early identification of complications that may make patients more susceptible to the harmful respiratory and systemic side effects of COVID-19. Severe neurological ramifications of COVID-19 have been noted such as the increased prevalence of acute cerebrovascular incidents. In these contexts, emerging literature has proven that the use of FDG-PET can be useful in monitoring the neurological manifestations the COVID-19 virus.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 18, 2021 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Rigney, G., Ayubcha, C., Werner, T., Revheim, M.-E., Alavi, A. Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: research

Molecular and pharmacological aspects of piperine as a potential molecule for disease prevention and management: evidence from clinical trials
CONCLUSION: Based on the current evidence, piperine can be the potential molecule for treatment of disease, and its significance of this molecule in the clinic is discussed.PMID:35127957 | PMC:PMC8796742 | DOI:10.1186/s43088-022-00196-1
Source: Appl Human Sci - February 7, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Amit Kumar Tripathi Anup Kumar Ray Sunil Kumar Mishra Source Type: research

The impact of COVID-19 on the comorbidities: A review of recent updates for combating it
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2022 Feb 10. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.02.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoronavirus disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2. The virus first appeared in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 and has spread globally. Till now, it affected 26.9 Crore peoples and 53 Lakh deaths in 224 countries and territories. With the emergence of variants like Omicron, the COVID-19 cases grew exponentially, with thousands of deaths. The general symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, sore throat, cough, lung infections, and, in severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and death. SARS-CoV-2 predominantly affects the...
Source: Cancer Control - February 15, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jonaid Ahmad Malik Sakeel Ahmed Mrunal Shinde Mohammed Hajjaj Saeid Al-Marmash Saleh Alghamdi Arshad Hussain Sirajudheen Anwar Source Type: research

Cerebrovascular accident in a child with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and coronavirus disease 2019: a case report
ConclusionOwing to the link between coronavirus disease 2019 and hematologic cancers with hypercoagulopathy and the tendency of patients with leukemia to have coronavirus disease 2019 complications, children with leukemia as well as suspected coronavirus disease 2019 must be hospitalized to prevent blood clot formation.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - December 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research