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Sleep duration is associated with worse neurocognitive function in Hispanic/Latinos: Results of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) (I9-4A)
CONCLUSIONS: Sleep duration had an inverted J-shaped curvilinear association with neurocognitive function, such that those with longer sleep duration had worse neurocognitive scores. Study Supported by: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos was carried out as a collaborative study supported by contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to the University of North Carolina (N01-HC65233), University of Miami (N01-HC65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (N01-HC65235), Northwestern University (N01-HC65236), and San Diego State University (N01-HC65237). The following Institutes/Cent...
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Ramos, A., Tarraf, W., Daviglus, M., Davis, S., Gallo, L., Mossavar-Rahmani, Y., Penedo, F., Redline, S., Rundek, T., Sacco, R., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Wright, C., Zee, P., Gonzalez, H. Tags: Treating Dementia in an Age of Mixed Disease Data Blitz Presentations Source Type: research

Sleep duration is associated with worse neurocognitive function in Hispanic/Latinos: Results of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) (P1.100)
CONCLUSIONS: Sleep duration had an inverted J-shaped curvilinear association with neurocognitive function, such that those with longer sleep duration had worse neurocognitive scores. Study Supported by: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos was carried out as a collaborative study supported by contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to the University of North Carolina (N01-HC65233), University of Miami (N01-HC65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (N01-HC65235), Northwestern University (N01-HC65236), and San Diego State University (N01-HC65237). The following Institutes/Cent...
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Ramos, A., Tarraf, W., Daviglus, M., Davis, S., Gallo, L., Mossavar-Rahmani, Y., Penedo, F., Redline, S., Rundek, T., Sacco, R., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Wright, C., Zee, P., Gonzalez, H. Tags: Neuroepidemiology: Cerebrovascular Disease, Critical Care, Epilepsy, Child Neurology, and Sleep Source Type: research

Evaluation of Clinico-radiological, Molecular and Histological Diagnosis of m.3243A>G-related MELAS Syndrome (P2.259)
CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that SLE phenomenology is much more uniform than purported in the literature. These findings highlights the importance of a comprehensive clinical examination including detailed visual field evaluation and consideration of m.3243A>G in all cases of stroke and encephalopathy irrespective of age, gender or family pedigree with an unrecognised high recurrence rate within first year of initial presentation. Aggressive mangement of seizure is advocated to prevent ensuing SLE. Study Supported by:Disclosure: Dr. Ng has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gorman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Schaefer has nothi...
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Ng, Y. S., Gorman, G., Schaefer, A., Taylor, R., McFarland, R., Turnbull, D. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Genetics and Stroke Source Type: research

For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment
UCLA Health Sciences Dr. Paul Krogstad Most children with HIV who have low levels of a key immune cell eventually recover levels of this cell after they begin treatment, according to a new study conducted by researchers at UCLA and other institutions in the U.S. and Brazil. The researchers were funded by the National Institutes of Health.  “We were pleased to find that the vast majority of children experience immune system recovery with effective therapy,” said Dr. Paul Krogstad, professor of pediatric infectious diseases and of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and t...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 26, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Making use of equity sensitive QALYs: a case study on identifying the worse off across diseases
Conclusion: This study shows that it is feasible to identify who are the worse off empirically by the application of lifetime QALYs and proportional shortfalls. These methods ease further examination of whether there is a true conflict between maximization and equity or whether these two concerns actually coincide in real world cases. It is yet to be solved whether proportional prospective health losses are more important than absolute shortfalls in expected lifetime health in judgements about who are worse off.
Source: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation - July 23, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Frode LindemarkOle NorheimKjell Johansson Source Type: research

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

Macular dystrophy associated with the mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation: pericentral pigment deposits or atrophy? Report of two cases and review of the literature
Conclusion: Observation of RPE abnormalities in the context of suggestive systemic findings should prompt mtDNA testing.
Source: BMC Ophthalmology - Latest articles - June 6, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Alejandra DaruichAlexandre MatetFrançois-Xavier Borruat Source Type: research

Heterogeneous phenotypic manifestations of maternally inherited deafness associated with the mitochondrial A3243G mutation. Case report.
Abstract The A3243G mutation is one of the most frequent mutations of mitochondrial DNA. The phenotypic expression of the A3243G mutation is variable and causes a wide range of syndromic and non-syndromic clinical disorders. Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is the most frequent syndromic manifestation of the A3243G mutation. Stroke-like episodes seem to be the dominant feature of MELAS. We have investigated the case of a family with A3243G mutation, in which a dominant symptom in three generations was the maternally inherited hearing loss with absenc...
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - March 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hoptasz M, Szczuciński A, Losy J Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research

Families hope 'Frankenstein science' lobby will not stop gene cure for mitochondrial disease
Change to IVF rules could make Britain the first country to allow therapy to change DNA in embryosDeniz Safak was five years old when he first displayed symptoms of the disease that would later take his life. "He started being sick and had intense, stroke-like seizures," his mother, Ruth, recalled.Doctors were baffled by the boy's condition and it took months before a diagnosis was made. Ruth and her husband, Erdhal, were told that Deniz was suffering from mitochondrial disease, an incurable condition that is passed from mother to child and can often be fatal.Deniz's condition continued to worsen. By the time he died last ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Embryos IVF Genetics Children Biology News Health Medical research Society UK news The Observer Science Source Type: news

Remembering Michael Berger
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) mourns the loss of a current Board Member and dear friend. A NAD Board Member for Region II, Michael Berger passed away at the age of 49 on November 8, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, after suffering a severe stroke from which he never recovered. read more
Source: National Association of the Deaf - November 12, 2013 Category: Audiology Authors: admin Source Type: news

The UK MRC Mitochondrial Disease Patient Cohort Study: clinical phenotypes associated with the m.3243A>G mutation--implications for diagnosis and management
Conclusion Following this study we propose guidelines for screening and for the management of confirmed cases.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - July 8, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Nesbitt, V., Pitceathly, R. D. S., Turnbull, D. M., Taylor, R. W., Sweeney, M. G., Mudanohwo, E. E., Rahman, S., Hanna, M. G., McFarland, R. Tags: Genetics, Cranial nerves, Muscle disease, Neuromuscular disease, Ophthalmology, Disability, Musculoskeletal syndromes, Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology Neurogenetics Source Type: research

The Spectrum of Aphasia Subtypes and Etiology in Subacute Stroke
Background: Aphasia is one of the most common stroke syndrome presentations, yet little is known about the spectrum of different subtypes or their stroke mechanisms. Yet, subtypes and etiology are known to influence the prognosis and recovery.Aim: Our aim is to analyze aphasia subtypes and etiology in a large subacute stroke population.Methods: Consecutive patients from a dedicated cognitive stroke registry were accrued. A validated cognitive screening examination was administered during the first month of stroke presentation, which enabled a diagnosis of 14 different aphasic subtypes. The evolution from one subtype to ano...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 15, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael Hoffmann, Ren Chen Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Neer Award 2012: Cerebral oxygenation in the beach chair position: a prospective study on the effect of general anesthesia compared with regional anesthesia and sedation
Background: Devastating neurologic ischemic episodes, such as stroke and deafness, have occurred in patients undergoing shoulder surgery in the beach chair position. We hypothesized that awake patients would be able to avoid significant cerebral deoxygenation events (CDEs) compared with anesthetized patients when procedures were performed in the beach chair position.Materials and methods: Sixty patients underwent elective shoulder surgery in the beach chair position. Thirty patients underwent an interscalene block and monitored sedation (awake group); 30 patients underwent general anesthesia (asleep group). Cerebral oxygen...
Source: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - April 8, 2013 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Jason L. Koh, Steven D. Levin, Eric L. Chehab, Glenn S. Murphy Tags: Shoulder Source Type: research

Cerebral venous thrombosis presenting as multiple lower cranial nerve palsies
We describe a pregnant lady who presented with sensorineural deafness of the right ear and paralysis of the 9 th , 10 th , and 12 th cranial nerves on the right side. She was diagnosed to have thrombosis of the right transverse sinus and sigmoid sinus with extension to the jugular vein and confluence of sinuses. She improved with anticoagulant treatment.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - January 25, 2013 Category: Intensive Care Authors: N ByjuJames JoseK SaifudheenV Abdul GafoorP Jithendranath Source Type: research

MIDD or MELAS : that's not the question MIDD evolving into MELAS : a severe phenotype of the m.3243A>G mutation due to paternal co-inheritance of type 2 diabetes and a high heteroplasmy level.
MIDD or MELAS : that's not the question MIDD evolving into MELAS : a severe phenotype of the m.3243A>G mutation due to paternal co-inheritance of type 2 diabetes and a high heteroplasmy level. Neth J Med. 2012 Dec;70(10):460-2 Authors: de Wit HM, Westeneng HJ, van Engelen BG, Mudde AH Abstract Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) are different syndromes, but are caused by the same m.3243A>G mutation in mitochondrial DNA. Why some patients develop MIDD while others MELAS is unknown, but may be relate...
Source: The Netherlands Journal of Medicine - December 1, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: de Wit HM, Westeneng HJ, van Engelen BG, Mudde AH Tags: Neth J Med Source Type: research