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This Is the Phase of the Pandemic Where Life Returns To Normal
At the supermarket, work, schools, restaurants, sports events, and airports we are witnessing a remarkable change. Masks are rarely seen. People are hugging, crowding, traveling. The latest Google COVID Community Mobility Report shows that most forms of activity have returned to near normal relative to the pre-pandemic baseline. But some people are understandably confused and conflicted. Mainstream media and many “experts“ continue to admonish us to avoid exposure. Are we indeed still in the treacherous pandemic phase? Are the throngs being irresponsible? Or are we witnessing a crowd-sourced, rational resetting...
Source: TIME: Health - August 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steven Phillips Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for POEMS syndrome
We report a 41-year-old woman with a history of an uncomplicated spinal hemangioma resection, who developed acute onset sensory-motor polyneuropathy following influenza vaccine administration. With extensive workup she was diagnosed with POEMS syndrome with progressive headaches, visual loss with papilledema, and repeated elevated lumbar puncture opening pressures despite treatment with acetazolamide and immunosuppressive therapy. Her symptoms dramatically improved following ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. POEMS syndrome is a paraneoplastic disorder involving a constellation of clinical symptoms including polyneuropa...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - June 19, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Clinical and epidemiological aspects of microcephaly in the state of Piau í, northeastern Brazil, 2015-2016.
CONCLUSIONS: The state of Piauí, like others in the northeastern region, faced an epidemic of congenital microcephaly between 2015 and 2016, presumably related to congenital Zika virus infection, more intense in the capital. Current challenges include the improvement of vector control, basic research, scaling-up of diagnostic tools for pre-natal screening of Zika virus, vaccines, and health care for affected children. PMID: 29963988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Jornal de Pediatria - June 29, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Almeida IMLM, Ramos CV, Rodrigues DC, Sousa AC, Nascimento MLCAPCD, Silva MVBD, Batista FMA, Santos JPD, Oliveira RS, Nobre FAF, Xavier SCDC, Carvalho-Costa FA Tags: J Pediatr (Rio J) Source Type: research

Zika Virus Potentiates the Development of Neurological Defects and Microcephaly: Challenges and Control Strategies
Conclusions Apart West Nile virus (78), thousands of congenital microcephaly cases, fetal brain tissue damage and neurological syndromes have been associated with ZIKV infection. Unfortunately, the epidemics of this mosquito born, and a relative stable virus is on a rise. Although congenital microcephaly is a rare disorder however, due to lack of standardized diagnostic test facilities, the incidence in the geographically widespread ZIKV epidemic regions is higher. Animals studies showed that ZIKV is a neurotropic virus. It directly targets the developing embryonic brain cells by inducing apoptosis, cell-cycle arrest, and...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research