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Isolated Shoulder Palsy due to Cortical Infarction: A Case Report and Literature Review of Clinicoradiological Correlations
We report an 80-year-old woman with isolated shoulder palsy because of cortical ischemic infarction in the base of the left precentral gyrus as confirmed by brain magnetic resonance imaging. In our patient, cardiogenic embolism or Trousseau syndrome associated with lung cancer was considered the cause of ischemic infarction. Physicians should consider small cortical infarction, when a patient complains of sudden onset of shoulder weakness without pain. In line with the previous reports, a responsible cortical lesion in our patient corresponded to motor shoulder area in the motor homunculus reported to be located more media...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 4, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Akiko Kawasaki, Keisuke Suzuki, Hidehiro Takekawa, Norito Kokubun, Masanari Yamamoto, Yohei Asakawa, Madoka Okamura, Koichi Hirata Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
No pain, no gain? Getting the most out of exercise
Staying in shape has all sorts of benefits, from maintaining heart health to warding off dementia and cancerInactivity – fuelled by cars and a sedentary work life – has been dubbed the biggest public health problem of the 21st century, a global pandemic with dramatic impact on peoples wellbeing. The latest reports suggest that around the world it was responsible for 5.3 million deaths in 2008 – around one in 10 – more deaths than smoking.Not only does exercise make you fitter, it can also ward off numerous and often unexpected diseases, from heart attacks, to diabetes, some forms of cancer and dementia. There are t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 13, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Catherine de Lange Tags: Cycling Fitness Sport Running Transport Yoga Weightlifting Features UK news Life and style Cycle hire schemes The Observer Swimming Science Source Type: news
Headaches in brain tumor patients: primary or secondary?
CONCLUSION: Our literature review revealed that brain tumor headache uncommonly presents with classic brain tumor headache characteristics and often satisfies criteria for a primary headache category such as migraine or tension-type. Thus, clinicians may miss headaches due to brain tumors in following ICHD-3 criteria, and the distinction between primary and secondary headache disorders may not be so clear-cut.
PMID: 24697234 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Headache - April 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Nelson S, Taylor LP Tags: Headache Source Type: research
PET scans may improve brain injury diagnosis
ConclusionThis is a valuable diagnostic study that tested how accurate PET and fMRI imaging are at distinguishing between different levels of conscious state and helping to predict recovery. Diagnostic assessments are traditionally made using bedside clinical tests – but as the researchers say, judging the level of awareness in people with severe brain damage can be difficult.In particular, the researchers wanted to see whether the scans could accurately distinguish between people with “unresponsive wakefulness syndrome” and “minimally conscious state”, as distinguishing between these two states can have impor...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Neurology Source Type: news
Hospitalization after fainting can do more harm than good
One morning not long ago, my teenage daughter started to black out. After an ambulance ride to our local hospital’s emergency department, an electrocardiogram, and some bloodwork, she was sent home with a follow-up doctor appointment. We got the good news that Alexa is perfectly healthy, but should avoid getting too hungry or thirsty so she doesn’t faint again. And I’m feeling lucky that she didn’t need to be hospitalized, because a research letter in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine points out that hospitalization for low-risk fainting can do more harm than good.
Doctors use something called th...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health fainting San Francisco Syncope Rule Source Type: news
The Great Pot Experiment
Barcott is a journalist who has contributed to the New York Times, National Geographic and other publications. Scherer is TIME’s Washington bureau chief. Portions of this article were adapted from Barcott’s new book “Weed the People, the Future of Legal Marijuana in America,” from TIME Books, is now available wherever books are sold, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound.
Yasmin Hurd raises rats on the Upper East Side of Manhattan that will blow your mind.
Though they look normal, their lives are anything but, and not just because of the pricey real estate they call home on the 10t...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - May 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Megan Gibson Tags: Uncategorized Drugs Source Type: news
Hidden cancer rarely causes out-of-the-blue clots in the bloodstream
Blood clots can be lifesavers when they form outside the bloodstream to stop bleeding from an injury. But they can wreak havoc when they form inside the bloodstream. A blood clot in a coronary artery can cause a heart attack. One in the brain can cause a stroke.
Blood clots that form in a leg vein cause a problem known as venous thromboembolism, or VTE. If the clot stays in the leg, it can cause swelling or pain. If it breaks away and travels to the lungs, it can cause a potentially deadly pulmonary embolism.
In about half of people who develop a VTE, doctors can identify what caused it. Common causes include an injury; su...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Cancer blood clot venous thromboembolism VTE Source Type: news
Transient memory impairment and transient global amnesia induced by photodynamic therapy
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Source: British Journal of Dermatology - June 30, 2015 Category: Dermatology Authors: M. Reinholz, M.V. Heppt, F. Hoffmann, N. Lummel, T. Ruzicka, P. Lehmann, C. Berking Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Central Pain Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Central pain syndrome is a neurological condition caused by damage to, or dysfunction of, the central nervous system, which includes the spinal cord, brainstem and brain. The syndrome may be caused by multiple sclerosis, tumors, stroke, brain or spinal cord trauma, epilepsy, or Parkinson's disease. The character of the pain associated with the syndrome differs greatly among individuals, partly because of the variety of potential causes. Central pain syndrome may affect a large portion of a person's body, or might be more restricted to specific areas such as a person's feet or hands.
Source: Disabled World - July 15, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Neurological Disorders Source Type: news
Expert advice: How to help an addicted friend or family member get help
Experts understand that addiction isn’t a weakness or moral failing; it’s an illness, much like cancer or heart disease. And It often falls to family members and friends to convince their addicted loved one to seek help. The task can feel like negotiating an emotional minefield with anger, obfuscation and denial among the likely outcomes. How do you know if there’s a problem, when do you intervene and how? Dr. Timothy Fong, associate clinical professor of psychiatry and director of the UCLA Addiction Medicine Clinic, provided guidance in the July 2015 issue of UCLA Magazine. An edited version of the article fo...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 1, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
MMP‐9 in Translation: From Molecule to Brain Physiology, Pathology and Therapy
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Source: Journal of Neurochemistry - November 3, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Behnam Vafadari, Ahmad Salamian, Leszek Kaczmarek Tags: Review Source Type: research
Pediatric rehabilitation: trends in length of stay.
Authors: Kim CT, Greenberg J, Kim H
Abstract
Length of stay (LOS) is one of the most important pieces of data used to measure clinical rehabilitation outcomes, but there is a paucity of LOS data regarding pediatric acute rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to predict LOS based on admission diagnosis to an acute pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit. The hypothesis was that LOS will vary according to admission diagnosis. One thousand one hundred forty-five patients were admitted to our acute inpatient rehabilitation unit from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2007. Common admission impairment groups were o...
Source: Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine - November 19, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Pediatr Rehabil Med Source Type: research
Low Back Pain Caused by Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy in Patients with Parkinson Disease
In patients with Parkinson disease (PD), postural abnormalities and increased muscle tonus lead to musculoskeletal problems. The incidence of such problems was significantly higher in patients with PD than in an age-matched control group comprising patients with stroke and brain tumor.1 Low back pain (LBP) in particular was reported more frequently by patients with PD; in approximately 50%, it negatively affected their quality of life and activities of daily living (ADL).1-4 It is difficult to treat LBP in patients with PD,5-8 and the results of surgery to address their spinal diseases are unsatisfactory.
Source: World Neurosurgery - December 14, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Naotaka Iwamoto, Toyohiko Isu, Kyongsong Kim, Yasuhiro Chiba, Rinko Kokubo, Daijiro Morimoto, Shinichi Shirai, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Masanori Isobe Tags: Technical Note Source Type: research
Don’t shrug off shingles
If you had chickenpox as a kid, there is a good chance you may develop shingles later in life. “In fact, one in three is predicted to get shingles during their lifetime,” says Dr. Anne Louise Oaklander, director of the Nerve Unit at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.
The same varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox also causes shingles. After the telltale spots of chickenpox vanish, the virus lies dormant in your nerve cells near the spinal cord and brain. When your immunity weakens from normal aging or from illnesses or medications, the virus can re-emerge. It then travels along a nerve to trigge...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Healthy Aging Infectious diseases Vaccines Source Type: news
