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Chain-smoking takeaway addict shed 8 stone after drs warned she would have a stroke
Rochelle Holmes, 26, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, was told her 20st weight and 20-a-day habit meant she was at risk of dying of a stroke. She shed 8st by swapping takeaways for healthy meals.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

4 Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mental Wellness
I previously wrote about the symptoms of depression and provided a guide to treat depression. However, many of the same behavioral activation techniques that are used in the treatment of depression can improve your mental wellness even if you do not suffer from depression. Changing your habits and daily routine to include activities that are known to improve mood, energy and physical and mental health is easy and can be very enjoyable. You do not need to buy anything, you do not need to take medication, and you can start feeling better today! These are four easy things you can do to make yourself more mentally and physica...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Risk of warfarin-associated intracerebral haemorrhage after ischaemic stroke is low and unchanged during the 2000s
Commentary on: Asberg A, Erisksson M, Henriksson KM, et al.. Warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage after ischemic stroke. Stroke 2014;45:2118–20. Context Since its isolation during the early half of the 20th century from the mouldy hay responsible for ‘sweet clover disease’ in cattle, warfarin has become the most widely used oral anticoagulant.1 Indications include atrial fibrillation (AF), mechanical prosthetic valves and venous thromboembolism treatment.2 Warfarin reduces stroke risk in patients with AF by nearly two-thirds; AF accounts for 20% of ischaemic strokes, which tend to be more severe t...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - January 21, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ruland, S., Biller, J. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke, Hypertension, Alcohol-related disorders, Drugs misuse (including addiction), Arrhythmias, Alcohol, Health education Aetiology/Harm Source Type: research

Acute peripheral vestibulopathy in a cocaine addict: Cracking the vestibular nucleus
A previously healthy 58-year-old man developed vertigo, imbalance, nausea, and vomiting shortly after smoking cocaine. He denied hearing loss, double vision, limb weakness, or sensory loss. Examination showed left-beating horizontal nystagmus with a torsional component, skew deviation, and positive right-sided head-impulse test. His urine tested positive for cocaine. Autoimmune workup, lipid panel, and echocardiography were unremarkable. MRI revealed acute right medial vestibular nucleus (VN) infarction (figure, A and B) and subcortical T2 hyperintensities (figure, C). Cerebral angiography was unremarkable. Presenting symp...
Source: Nature Clinical Practice - December 8, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Feyissa, A. M., Masel, T., Busby, S. P. Tags: Stroke in young adults, Nystagmus, All Neurotology, Vertigo, Cocaine Cases Source Type: research

Physical training for neurological and mental diseases.
CONCLUSION: The concerted integration of physical exercise into prophylactic and therapeutic interventions can lower the burden of neurological and mental diseases; however, scientific evidence is still lacking concerning the optimal duration, type, and intensity as well as potential risks of physical exercise. PMID: 25380564 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Nervenarzt - November 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Henkel K, Reimers CD, Knapp G, Schneider F Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research

Pure motor monoparesis of the leg after carbon monoxide intoxication
A woman in her late 40s with no medical history presented as comatose (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, 8) after a suicide attempt, where she inhaled the fumes of burning charcoal for approximately 4 h. On admission, her blood pressure was 108/70 mm Hg, and her heart rate was 118 bpm. Her carbon monoxide (CO)–haemoglobin concentration was 34%. Blood examinations did not show any evidence of drug overdose. Supportive mechanical ventilation was employed, and she became alert after 48 h. A physical examination revealed no abnormal findings except for left leg weakness, and a neurological examinat...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 17, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tajima, Y., Satoh, C., Yaguchi, H., Mito, Y. Tags: Coma and raised intracranial pressure, Neurological injury, Stroke, Trauma CNS / PNS, Hypertension, Unwanted effects / adverse reactions, Drugs misuse (including addiction), Suicide (psychiatry), Radiology, Adult intensive care, Mechanical ventilation, Me Source Type: research

Losing Your Memory: It May be the Drugs You’re Taking
Is memory loss interfering with your daily life? Most people are familiar with some of the things that can impair memory, including alcohol and drug abuse, head injuries, stroke, sleep deprivation, severe stress, aging or a symptom of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. What many do not know is that episodes of forgetfulness can also be side effects of prescription drugs.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - September 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Psychiatry drugs loss Memory Source Type: news

Citicoline in addictive disorders: a review of the literature.
Conclusions: Currently, there is limited research on the efficacy of citicoline for addictive disorders, but the available literature suggests promising results. Future research should employ larger sample sizes, increased dosing, and more complex study designs. PMID: 24950234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - June 20, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Wignall ND, Brown ES Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research

Mild traumatic brain injury and epilepsy: alcohol misuse may underpin the association
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is associated with various neurological and cognitive problems, but causality is often less clear. For example, postconcussion syndrome (PCS) was widely assumed to be a consequence of neural damage until it was demonstrated that: (1) the symptoms of PCS are not specific to brain injury, being common in the general population,1 (2) ‘PCS’ is as common in those who experience physical trauma without brain injury as those who experience mTBI,2 (3) preinjury factors, such as a history of anxiety or affective disorder, predict development of PCS,2 (4) PCS has a strong relationship w...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - May 6, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Welch, K. A., Derry, C. Tags: Epilepsy and seizures, Neurological injury, Stroke, Trauma CNS / PNS, Unwanted effects / adverse reactions, Alcohol-related disorders, Drugs misuse (including addiction), Mood disorders (including depression), Trauma, Injury Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Cannabis linked to brain differences in the young
Conclusion This study found differences between young recreational cannabis users and non-users in the volume and structure of the nucleus accumbens and amygdala, which have a role in the brain’s reward system, pleasure response, emotion and decision making. However, as this was only a cross sectional study taking one-off brain scans of cannabis users and non-users, it cannot prove that cannabis use was the cause of any of the differences seen. It is not known whether cannabis use could have caused these changes in regular users.   Or conversely whether the cannabis users in this study had this brain structure to sta...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Neurology Source Type: news

Incorrect claims gambling is caused by brain damage
Conclusion This experimental study in a small number of people with different brain injuries and a comparison group of healthy people, has found that people with brain damage to the insula (a region of the brain believed to be involved in feelings and emotional responses) had reduced motivation to play the slot machine task following near misses compared with full misses. These people also did not display classic gambler’s fallacy effect on a roulette wheel game – in that they were not more likely to choose a blue after long runs of red or vice versa. A study such as this suggests regions of the brain that may be invol...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Claims gambling is caused by brain damage
Conclusion This experimental study in a small number of people with different brain injuries and a comparison group of healthy people, has found that people with brain damage to the insula (a region of the brain believed to be involved in feelings and emotional responses) had reduced motivation to play the slot machine task following near misses compared with full misses. These people also did not display classic gambler’s fallacy effect on a roulette wheel game – in that they were not more likely to choose a blue after long runs of red or vice versa. A study such as this suggests regions of the brain that may be invol...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

My Struggles with OCD in Recovery
“Are you being crazy again?” My wife, upon noticing my awkward and all-too-familiar hand gestures, has asked me this hundreds of times. I will complete an apparent pantomime audition of mere seconds, starting with a short series of pronounced arm movements and concluding with a full backward head tilt that culminates with my eyes in a direct sightline with the ceiling. Then — back to casually watching TV. Except for the mild amusement of a snickering spouse, the motions served no definitive purposes whatsoever. My wife witnessed what for others would be a formidable “what the heck” moment, but...
Source: Psych Central - March 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christopher Dale Tags: Disorders General Men's Issues Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Personal Stories Self-Help Anxiety Ocd Personal Story struggles with ocd Source Type: news

Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease: from clinical and neuropsychological characterisation to management and long-term outcome
Conclusions Clinicians should be aware of risk factors predisposing to DDS. Duodenal levodopa infusion and, less consistently, STN-DBS were more commonly associated with DDS remission. Effective caregiving plays a key role in long-term behavioural outcome.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 6, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Cilia, R., Siri, C., Canesi, M., Zecchinelli, A. L., De Gaspari, D., Natuzzi, F., Tesei, S., Meucci, N., Mariani, C. B., Sacilotto, G., Zini, M., Ruffmann, C., Pezzoli, G. Tags: JNNP Patients' choice, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Drugs misuse (including addiction) Movement disorders Source Type: research