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Herpes Simplex Virus Meningoencephalitis Masquerading as Acute Stroke With Broca's Aphasia: A Case Report
This report highlights the importance of considering herpes encephalitis as a potential etiology in patients presenting with atypical neurological symptoms, even in the absence of typical radiological findings. Early diagnosis and appropriate management with acyclovir are crucial in improving outcomes in such cases.PMID:37476130 | PMC:PMC10354683 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.40618
Source: Herpes - July 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Gagandeep Singh Arora Don Phung Parneet Kaur Source Type: research
Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Deep-Learning for Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessment With Computed Tomography: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
CONCLUSIONS: Automated assessment of EAT volume is possible in CCTA, including in patients who are technically challenging; it forms a powerful marker of metabolically unhealthy visceral obesity, which could be used for cardiovascular risk stratification.PMID:36881425 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.11.018
Source: Atherosclerosis - March 7, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Henry W West Muhammad Siddique Michelle C Williams Lucrezia Volpe Ria Desai Maria Lyasheva Sheena Thomas Katerina Dangas Christos P Kotanidis Pete Tomlins Ciara Mahon Attila Kardos David Adlam John Graby Jonathan C L Rodrigues Cheerag Shirodaria John Dean Source Type: research
How Menopause Affects Cholesterol —And How to Manage It
Kelly Officer, 49, eats a vegan diet and shuns most processed foods. So, after a recent routine blood test revealed that she had high cholesterol, “I was shocked and upset,” she says, “since it never has been [high] in the past.”
Officer is not alone. As women enter menopause, cholestrol levels jump—by an average of 10-15%, or about 10 to 20 milligrams per deciliter. (A healthy adult cholesterol range is 125-200 milligrams per deciliter, according to the National Library of Medicine.)
This change often goes unnoticed amidst physical symptoms and the general busyness of those years. But, says D...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Harmon Courage Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Novel Reclassification of Adult Diabetes Is Useful to Distinguish Stages of β-Cell Function Linked to the Risk of Vascular Complications: The DOLCE Study From Northern Ukraine
ConclusionThe novel reclassification algorithm of patients with adult diabetes was reproducible in this population from northern Ukraine. It may be beneficial for the patients in the SIDD subgroup to initiate earlier insulin treatment or other anti-diabetic modalities to preserve β-cell function. Long-term diabetes cases with preserved β-cell function and lower risk for microvascular complications represent an interesting subgroup of patients for further investigations of protective mechanisms.
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - July 2, 2021 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research
Impact of hepatic steatosis on outcomes after left ventricular assist device implantation
ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that the presence of preoperative hepatic steatosis on imaging is not predictive of increased morbidity or mortality following LVAD implantation. Despite the association with obesity, metabolic diseases, and heart failure, hepatic steatosis on imaging appears to have a limited role in patient selection or prognostication in LVAD patients.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - March 30, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Yeahwa Hong,
Keith Dufendach,
Yisi Wang,
Floyd Thoma,
Arman Kilic Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Impact of intraoperative neurologic deficits in carotid endarterectomy under regional anesthesia.
Conclusions. Neurologic deficits during carotid clamping are a predictor of perioperative stroke. Body mass index > 30 kg/m2, a lower degree of ipsilateral stenosis, and a higher degree of contralateral stenosis are independent predictors of neurologic deficits and, therefore, might play a role in the prevention of procedure-related stroke.
PMID: 33487041 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal - January 27, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Scand Cardiovasc J Source Type: research
Healthful dietary patterns and risk of end-stage kidney disease: the Singapore Chinese Health Study.
CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to healthful dietary patterns was associated with a lower ESKD risk in an Asian population, especially in overweight or obese individuals.
PMID: 33381807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Am J Clin Nutr - December 31, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Geng TT, Jafar TH, Neelakantan N, Yuan JM, van Dam RM, Koh WP Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research
Healthful dietary patterns and risk of end-stage kidney disease: the Singapore Chinese Health Study
ConclusionsAdherence to healthful dietary patterns was associated with a lower ESKD risk in an Asian population, especially in overweight or obese individuals.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - December 31, 2020 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Use of central venous catheter and increased risk of ischemic stroke
This study is on fresh ground on the issue of CVC and stroke complications and has the potential to serve as a guide and stimulus for future research. We propose two fundamental strategies to reduce ri sks of stroke associated to CVC that should be evaluated: (i) the implementation of local prevention bundles and (ii) the use of ultrasound scanning for catheter surveillance.5 Based on the authors ’ observations, we further propose that can we create sub-groups of patients, i.e. who were required CVC placement having risk factors to develop stroke vs. patients not having risk factors to develop stroke. This can help us to...
Source: QJM - July 12, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
How helpful is CTA for assessing coronary disease risk?
Adding coronary CT angiography (CTA) to exercise electrocardiography (ECG)...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
CTA still most common modality for PE diagnosis
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3 uses for cinematic rendering of brain CTA scans
CTA lowers costs, improves outcomes for minor stroke
Are clinicians overusing CTA for carotid stenosis?
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 4, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Use CTA to evaluate obese COVID-19 patients for PE risk
CT angiography (CTA) is an effective way to evaluate the risk of pulmonary...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
3 uses for cinematic rendering of brain CTA scans
CTA lowers costs, improves outcomes for minor stroke
Are clinicians overusing CTA for carotid stenosis?
CCTA, functional tests stratify heart disease risk by age
New method estimates postsurgical AAA rupture risk on CTA
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 18, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Advancing mediation analysis in occupational health research
In recent years, mediation analysis has become a popular means to identify and quantify pathways linking an exposure to an outcome, thereby elucidating how a particular exposure contributes to the occurrence of a specific outcome. When a mediator is a modifiable risk factor, this opens up new opportunities for interventions to block (part) of the exposure`s effect on the outcome. Recent examples in Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment Health have addressed the mediating effect of wellbeing on the association between type of office and job satisfaction (1) and examined whether workplace social capital contributes to the...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - January 17, 2020 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
