Archive for January, 2008
By jasonmaddox On January 31st, 2008
A recent study by Dr. Hoge and colleagues, explored the symptoms of soldiers having suffered from mild concussions. This study looked at soldiers who lost consciousness following a head injury and assessed their symptoms. Surprisingly the study found that many of the long term symptoms the soldiers suffered from were more indicative of the psychiatric…
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By jasonmaddox On January 31st, 2008
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, relayed that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) may account for most of the ongoing health problems and physical symptoms experienced by U.S. soldiers with mild traumatic brain injury returning from Iraq. The researchers studied 2525 U.S. Army infantry soldiers who had been deployed for…
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By jasonmaddox On January 28th, 2008
According to a recent study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, variations of genetic material, such as translocation, inversions, gains, and losses, are common among patients with Autism. According to Stephen Scherer, Ph.D., of the Hospital for Sick Children, and one of the authors of the study, overlapping or…
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By jasonmaddox On January 21st, 2008
According to a recent study published in the January 9th issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, abnormal brainstem function may be responsible for irritable bowel syndrome. The purpose of the study was to seek out abnormal neurological responses for anticipated pain. According to Steven Berman, M.D., of UCLA, when patients with irritable bowel syndrome anticipated…
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By jasonmaddox On January 21st, 2008
According to a recent study published in the January 9th issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, abnormal brainstem function may be responsible for irritable bowel syndrome. The purpose of the study was to seek out abnormal neurological responses for anticipated pain. According to Steven Berman, M.D., of UCLA, when patients with irritable bowel syndrome anticipated…
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By jasonmaddox On January 21st, 2008
According to a CNN article on January 17th, up to 20 percent of our troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may have suffered from brain injuries, however due to lack of awareness they have not received treatment. Why is this happening? The Army says it’s because they have a difficult time identifying and treating the…
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By jasonmaddox On January 17th, 2008
Crystal Phen reports in Med Page today (January 16, 2008) that ”posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was three times more common among troops involved in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan than among those not so exposed.” Not so surprisingly, Tyler C. Smith, Ph.D. of the Naval Health Research center found in a prospective population-based cohort study,…
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By jasonmaddox On January 15th, 2008
Having problems remembering what you went into the other room for? In CNN’s Health segment Lisa Mulcahy reports on exercises which can help you stay on task. Here are a few that I found to be potentially helpful, and a couple that were just unusual enough that I may have to try. Problems keeping track…
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By jasonmaddox On January 9th, 2008
A study involving over 1000 individuals recovering from stroke in the U.K. and Hong Kong demonstrated that functionally based Occupational Therapy increased the capacity of the individuals in the study group to perform activities of daily living and created a lower risk for deterioration. The study focused on community dwelling OT patients and did not…
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By jasonmaddox On January 9th, 2008
A recent study conducted by a team of Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists and computer scientists has identified patterns of activity in the brain whilst looking at particular objects. Participants in the study, while submerged in an MRI scanner, were asked to look at various similarly categorized images, five tools and five dwellings. The categorical similarities…
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