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Reflections on the Future of Medicine
Recently, I traveled through China. I climbed mountains, hiked through forests, crossed deep valleys. I visited cities of every size. I floated across lakes and traveled beautiful shorelines churning with life. As a man of a certain age, I began to compare the permanence of the timeless landscape with the evanescence of my own existence. Yet, as a scientist, I knew these reflections were flawed. Scientists are trained to think in terms of aeons, millenia, and lifetimes. Consider the paradox. Is it the solid mountain or fragile the forest that is permanent? Is it the massive shoreline cliffs or the teeming shore life that...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 9, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

What Causes Hyperammonemia?
Discussion Reye’s syndrome (RS)is named for Dr. Douglas Reye who along with Drs. G. Morgan and J. Baral described encephalopathy and fatty accumulation and degeneration in children in a 1963 Lancet article. RS usually affects children but can occur at all ages. All organs can be affected but the liver and brain are primarily affected causing liver failure and encephalopathy as toxic metabolites (especially ammonia) accumulate, and intracranial hypertension and cerebral edema occurs. As the ammonia levels begin to rise (> 100 mg/dL) patients lose their appetite, have nausea and emesis and mental status changes whic...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 20, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

A Stroke Mimic: A 14-Year-Old Cancer Patient Presenting With Acute Right-Sided Weakness
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Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - March 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Pick Your Poison Source Type: research

Efficacy of N-Butylphthalide and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Delayed Encephalopathy After Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that the combined application of N-Butylphthalide and HBO could significantly improve the cognitive dysfunction of patients with DEACMP and have great clinical efficacy, which should be further studied. PMID: 28352069 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medical Science Monitor - March 30, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Med Sci Monit Source Type: research

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is associated with lower short- and long-term mortality in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
CONCLUSIONS: HBOT is associated with a lower mortality rate in patients with COP, especially in those who were younger than 20 years and those with acute respiratory failure. The results provide important references for decision making in the treatment of COP. PMID: 28427969 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chest - April 17, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Huang CC, Ho CH, Chen YC, Lin HJ, Hsu CC, Wang JJ, Su SB, Guo HR Tags: Chest Source Type: research

Space station project seeks to crystalize the means to counteract nerve poisons
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving our understanding of how to combat toxic nerve agents such as sarin and VX. That is the hope of Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) project that is part of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health aimed at developing improved antidotes for chemical agents.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Space station project seeks to crystallize the means to counteract nerve poisons
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving our understanding of how to combat toxic nerve agents such as sarin and VX. That is the hope of Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) project that is part of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health aimed at developing improved antidotes for chemical agents.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Endocrine Disruptors and Health Effects in Africa: A Call for Action
Conclusion: To address the many challenges posed by EDCs, we argue that Africans should take the lead in prioritization and evaluation of environmental hazards, including EDCs. We recommend the institution of education and training programs for chemical users, adoption of the precautionary principle, establishment of biomonitoring programs, and funding of community-based epidemiology and wildlife research programs led and funded by African institutes and private companies. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1774 Received: 16 February 2017 Revised: 22 May 2017 Accepted: 24 May 2017 Published: 22 August 2017 Address correspond...
Source: EHP Research - August 23, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

The Role of Nitric Oxide from Neurological Disease to Cancer.
Authors: Maher A, Abdel Rahman MF, Gad MZ Abstract Until the beginning of the 1980s, nitric oxide (NO) was just a toxic molecule of a lengthy list of environmental pollutants such as cigarette smoke and smog. In fact, NO had a very bad reputation of being destroyer of ozone, suspected carcinogen and precursor of acid rain. However, by the early 1990s it was well recognized by the medical research community. Over the last two decades, the picture has been totally changed. Diverse lines of evidence have converged to show that this sometime poison is a fundamental player in the everyday business of the human body. NO ...
Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - August 27, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Adv Exp Med Biol Source Type: research

Isolated persistent acute global amnesia after acute abuse of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA)
Acute global amnesia can occur, due to bilateral hippocampus dysfunction. Causes include the idiopathic syndrome of transient global amnesia, bilateral posterior circulation stroke,. toxic anoxia due to carbon monoxyde poisoning and substance abuse probably combining hypoxia and direct hippocampal neurotoxicity.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - January 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Fabien Hauw, Elodie Meppiel, Olivier Steichen, Pierre-Louis Conan, Jean Capron, Thomas de Broucker Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Relapse of Takayasu arteritis as a cause of suicidal poisoning and subsequent major ischemic stroke successfully treated with thrombolytic therapy - Komatina N, Lepi ć T, Labović B, Stevović T, Petronijević M, Radovinović-Tasić S, Obradović D.
INTRODUCTION: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare large vessel arteritis, affecting primarily aorta and its major branches. Its clinical manifestations can vary significantly - from asymptomatic to serious vascular events. Acute neurological complications ar...
Source: SafetyLit - January 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

Binge Drinkers Have About 7 Drinks At a Time, CDC Says
It’s no secret that binge drinking is common in the U.S., as a visit to most college campuses will demonstrate. But a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that the practice is widespread beyond the college years, well into adulthood. More than 37 million Americans, or 17% of the adult population, reported binge drinking — defined as consuming four or more drinks in one sitting for women, or five or more for men — at least once in 2015, according to the report. Many people binge drank far more frequently than that: The average number of episodes per binge drinker was 5...
Source: TIME: Health - March 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime onetime public health Source Type: news

Neurological diseases and risk of suicide attempt: a case –control study
ConclusionNine out of ten chronic neurological diseases were associated with an increased risk of suicide attempt. These data must be considered for clinicians treating this vulnerable group of patients.
Source: Journal of Neurology - March 21, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Carotid ergotism with retinal ischemia
Ergot poisoning was first described more than 2,000 years ago with the consumption of food contaminated with mycotoxins. It acquired special importance during the 20th century because of an excessive consumption of ergot pharmaceuticals as symptomatic treatment of migraine.1,2
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - April 9, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Altuna-Azkargorta, M., Herrera-Isasi, M., Zandio-Amorena, B., Bacaicoa-Saralegui, M. C. Tags: Migraine, All Clinical Neurology, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Critical care Case Source Type: research

Multiple admissions to the coronary care unit due to falsely elevated cardiac troponin.
Abstract The measurement of cardiac troponin, released from injured cardiomyocytes, is of paramount importance in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Elevated troponin can be encountered, however, in patients with cardiomyopathy, significant cardiac arrhythmias, vasculitis, right-sided heart strain, critical systemic illnesses, stroke, drug toxicity (such as Adriamycin), poisons (such as snake venoms), renal failure, seizure, and rhabdomyolysis. If the clinical picture is not consistent with any of these causes, a false-positive result should be considered. We herein describe a 94-year-old man with a pri...
Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings - April 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ayan M, Gheith Z, Ananthula A, Salih M, Vallurupalli S, Mehta JL Tags: Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) Source Type: research