News tagged with loss of consciousness
Children with concussions require follow-up care before returning to play, say researchers
May 04, 2009 |
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Children hospitalized with concussions should wait until they are seen by a clinician in a follow-up exam before returning to regular sports or playtime activities, according to researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Classifying concussions could help kids
Mar 02, 2009 |
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It's estimated that more than a half million kids in the U.S. go to the hospital each year with a concussion.* That's an average of a kid per minute- every minute of every day. Some concussions are worse than others but it ...
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Discovery of 'alert status' area in brain opens door to treatment of impaired consciousness disorders
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such as reversible coma, according ...
Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis ...
Head injuries result in widespread brain tissue loss one year later
Mar 03, 2008 |
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In a rare, large-scale study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who span the full range of severity from mild to moderate and severe, Canadian researchers have found that the more severe the injury, the greater the ...
Two different neural pathways regulate loss and regain of consciousness during general anesthesia
Jan 11, 2008 |
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have answered long-running questions about the way that anesthetics act on the body, by showing that the cellular pathway for emerging from anesthesia is different ...
Life-saving plants at risk of extinction
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Jan 20, 2008 |
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Hundreds of plants used to produce more than 50 percent of the world's prescription drugs are at risk of becoming extinct, researchers say.
Knock-out drugs: Narrow window for detection
May 29, 2009 |
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Drug-facilitated sexual crimes are increasing. The Bonn Institute for Forensic Medicine has recorded that the number of examinations on the use of intoxicants in sexual offences within their catchment area increased 10-fold ...
Researchers Discover Link Between Parkinson’s and Narcolepsy
May 03, 2007 |
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Parkinson's disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: stiffness, slowness, tremors, difficulties walking and talking. Less well known is that Parkinson's shares other symptoms with narcolepsy, a sleep ...
Electric shocks can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms
May 15, 2008 |
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Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional ...
Researchers discover link between Parkinson's and narcolepsy
May 11, 2007 |
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Parkinson's disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: stiffness, slowness, tremors, difficulties walking and talking. Less well known is that Parkinson's shares other symptoms with narcolepsy, a sleep ...
Teen blood donors have higher risk of donation-related complications
May 20, 2008 |
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Sixteen- and 17-year olds who donate blood are significantly more likely to experience donation-related complications such as fainting and bruising than older blood donors, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA.
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