MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'encephalopathy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207257&cid=t_186572_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fexnfl-quarterback-kurt-warner-describes-concussions-part-game%2F Ex-NFL star Kurt Warner thinks that playing through concussions is so much a part of the game that it will take nothing less than aseismic culture shift in professional football to lessen the risk of long-term damage to players. Doctors Bennet Omalu and Richard Ellenbogar discuss concussions and CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207257 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:59:20 +0100 4207257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998996&cid=t_186572_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2010%2F09%2F24%2Fflu-vaccine-caused-over-1000-adverse-reactions%2F Christina England Vactruth.com 09/24/2010 Yesterday, the Sydney Herald reported an astounding 1000 plus reports of adverse reactions following the flu vaccine, Fluvax. These reports included 100 reports of febrile convulsions. In her report, journalist Carol Bennett stated: “It showed the CSL-produced Fluvax and Fluvax Junior may have caused two to three hospital admissions due to seizure for every admission from flu it prevented”. // Febrile convulsions are caused when a child’s body rapidly overheats resulting in a seizure. The NetDoctor website gives insight into what a child suffering from a febrile convulsion looks like: The attack often begins with the child losing consciousness, and shortly afterwards the body, legs and arms go stiff. The head is thrown backwards and t... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998996 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:05:03 +0100 3998996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998988&cid=t_186572_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbrain-damage-behavior-and-football%2F2010.09.24 In psychiatry, we’ve had a hard time drawing precise links between brain pathology and psychiatric disorders. We can do it for groups of people: “Disease X” is associated with changes in brain structure of “Brain Area Y” or metabolic changes in “Brain Area Z.” But it’s groups, not individuals, and it’s an association, not a cause-and-effect, or a definite. We still can’t use this information for diagnosis, and there are still patients with any given psychiatric diagnoses who will have brains where “Area Y” is the same size as those without the disorder. We’re learning. From what I read in this New York Times article, Owen Thomas was a bright, talented young man with no history of psychiatric disorder and no histo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998988 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3998988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980832&cid=t_186572_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2010%2F09%2F17%2Fthimerosal-accumulates-in-rat-brains-study-reveals%2F Catherine Frompovich Vactruth.com 09/17/2010 One of the researchers with whom I network emailed an absolutely stunning article about how Thimerosal, a mercury preservative used in vaccines since the 1930s, caused impairment in the brains of neonatal Wistar and Lewis lab rats. Since mercury—and Thimerosal, in particular—is suspect in neurodevelopmental disorders in children, especially autism, this study corroborates what parents believe happened to their children as a result of vaccinations, vaccines, and adverse effects. Researchers at the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland, published the results of their study, Neonatal administration of a vaccine preservative, thimerosal, produces lasting impairme... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980832 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:28:23 +0100 3980832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876575&cid=t_186572_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Flou-gehrig-misdiagnosed-lou-gehrigs-disease%2F In a study to be published tomorrow in a leading journal of neuropathology, researchers are now questioning whether some patients diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s are actually suffering from concussions and/or traumatic brain injury that mimics the symptoms of Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyolateral sclerosis. Co-authors Drs. Ann McKee and Robert Stern, who are also co-directors of the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, in fact, think there is a possibility even that Lou Gehrig may have been misdiagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876575 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:32:51 +0100 3876575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721706&cid=t_186572_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdeceased-nfl-player-chris-henrys-brain-showed-signs-brain-damage%2F NFL player Chris Henry’s brain showed the signs of traumatic brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE after studies were conducted at the Brain Injury Research Institute at West Virginia University. The presence of tau protein is an indicator of CTE, as explained by Dr. Julian Bailes, Chair of Neurosurgery at WVU. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721706 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:38:59 +0100 3721706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383091&cid=t_186572_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FyQpzRLqK4v4%2F Acquired brain injury refers to any brain damage that happens after birth. Alcohol is one of the many causes of acquired brain injury. The injury inflicted by alcohol abuse is referred to as alcohol related brain injury (ARBI). More than 2,500 Australians are treated for ARBI every year. Just how much damage is done depends on a number of factors. These include individual differences, as well as the person’s age, gender, nutrition and their overall pattern of alcohol consumption. A person with ARBI might experience problems with memory, thinking abilities and physical coordination. A younger person has a better chance of recovery because of their greater powers of recuperation. However, the effects of alcohol related brain injury can be permanent for many sufferers. Alcohol and br... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383091 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:53:20 +0100 3383091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201695&cid=t_186572_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rawvoice.com%2Fpmn_twiv%2Fwww.twiv.tv%2FTWiV067.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier Vincent, Alan, and Marc talk about chronic wasting disease of deer caused by prions, blocking the semen-derived enhancer of HIV infection with surfen, and making green transgenic rabbits using a lentiviral vector. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code VINCENT to receive $50 off a Drobo or $100 off a Drobo S. Download TWiV #67 (64 MB .mp3, 88 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email. Links for this episode: Chronic wasting disease in West Virginia Chronic wasting disease alliance and CDC webpage Semen-derived inhibitor of viral infection (SEVI) Surfen inhibits the action of SEVI Making green transgenic rabbits using simian immunodeficiency vir... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201695 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:44:22 +0100 3201695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2995496&cid=t_186572_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F11%2Fprion-protein.html A conformational transition of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into an aberrantly folded isoform designated scrapie prion protein (PrPSc) is the hallmark of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders collectively called prion diseases. They include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Stäussler-Scheinker syndrome in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer. In contrast to the deadly properties of misfolded PrP, PrPC seems to possess a neuroprotective activity. More-over, animal models indicated that the stress-protective activity of PrPC and the neurotoxic effects of PrPSc are somehow interconnectedfrom The Prion ProteinFurther reading:The Prion ProteinFull range of books on microbiology at Mic... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2995496 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0100 2995496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1726431&cid=t_186572_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metastaticlivercancer.org%2F2008-08-23-cancer-treatment%2Fmetastatic-liver-cancer-mind-games%2F 3 months after being diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer, father didn’t recognize his daughter in law visiting him… At days he had no clue what ‘dentures’ where doing in his mouth… That are some of the "not too negative" tricks his mind started playing on him due to his liver not cleaning his blood properly… And none of the doctors had prepared us for this side effect…   When the liver stops functioning well, it affects the mind sooner or later. Father also became disoriented and had to take medication like Risperdal to calm him down at times when he was seeing things that we couldn’t see…   The medical term used here is encephalopathy which indicates any dysfunction of the brain.   In father’s case hi... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1726431 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:00:46 +0100 1726431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501282&cid=t_186572_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F07%2Fpsychiatric-problem-or-lyme-disease-misdiagnoses-delay-patients-access-to-time-sensitive-treatment%2F The May/June 2008 issue of Psychology Today has an interesting article about misdiagnoses, in this case mistaking the signs of Lyme disease for symptoms of various psychiatric illnesses. Most people don’t realize that Lyme disease means anything more than swollen, creaky joints from a tick bite, but the disease can actually lead to a multitude of symptoms, including cognitive impairment, if left untreated. Soon after moving from an apartment in Queens to a more rural area in Westchester County, New York, author Pamela Weintraub and her family began to show signs of the disease they now know is called neuroborreliosis, or Lyme disease infection after it has advanced to the central nervous system and brain. Although symptoms of neuroborreliosis vary widely, encephalopathy (a confused stat... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501282 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:29:50 +0100 1501282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449314&cid=t_186572_109_f&fid=34788&url=http%3A%2F%2Firvingpsychiatrist.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fconsistent-with-report-of-vogels-et-al.html Consistent with the report of Vogels et al., 1997, I have seen a patient's hepatic encephalopathy ameliorated by Namenda 5 mg a day. Where the patient can't take meds orally the cholinesterse inhibitor approach, supported by the experiment of Kabatnik et al., might be tried with an Exelon patch. (Source: a psychiatrist who learned from veterans) a psychiatrist who learned from veterans blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449314 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:00 +0100 1449314