Landau-Kleffner syndrome, also called acquired epileptic aphasia, is a disorder of the central nervous system that begins in childhood. It causes children to have seizures, and disrupts their ability to understand what is said to them, and how to reply back. The cause of the disease is unknown. Symptoms • difficulty understanding what is said [...]
As we know Asbestos exposure is major risk factor for mesothelioma. Nowadays, several studies suggested that radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease also a risk factor for mesothelioma. Four cases of malignant mesothelioma were observed following Hodgkin’s disease at the Mesothelioma Clinic of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Result: In all five cases, the mesothelioma arose in the [...]
Pathological laughing and crying (PLC) is a syndrome in which patients experience relatively uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying, or both. The laughter or crying are provoked by nonsentimental or trivially-sentimental stimuli. These episodes not related to any manic or depression but due to a pathological illness like brain injury, stroke multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic [...]
Passive (or involuntary) smoking is exposure to secondhand smoke, also called “environmental” tobacco smoke. Such smoke is a mixture of smoke exhaled by smokers and smoke released from the smoldering cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.Different research shows that passive smoking increased the risk of aortic arch calcification. According to, International Journal of Cardiology ,shows that, passive smoking is a risk factor [...]
Rosiglitazone the group of Thiazolidinedone (TZD) which is widely used as anti diabetes drugs shows beneficial effect on Atherosclerosis. According to the journal The effects of Rosiglitazone on aortic atherosclerosis of cholesterol-fed rabbits ( Thrombosis Research, Volume 123, Issue 2, December 2008, Pages 281-287) proved that Rosiglitazone the group of Thiazolidinedone (TZD) significantly reduce the [...]
What is kissing disease ? Infectious mononucleosis, “mono”disease,” and glandular fever are all terms popularly used for the very common illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This common viral infection causes fever, sore throat, and enlarged lymph nodes. The illness generally goes away without medical help. However, it may last from weeks to months. [...]
New research from the US suggests that smoking soon after waking could increase even a light smoker’s risk of lung cancer, because the shorter the time between waking and having a first cigarette, no matter how many you smoke a day, the higher your levels of circulating cotinine, a derivative of nicotine that is made in [...]
- A preliminary report suggesting that N95 respirators — filtering devices worn over the mouth and nose — protect against swine flu better than surgical face masks seems to be incorrect, researchers revealed during a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). In fact, surgical face masks, which are cheaper and easier to wear, may [...]
The Danish Cancer Society looked at the rates of brain tumours among 20 to 79 year olds from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. They found that trends in cancer rates had not altered from the period before mobiles were introduced. But they say longer follow-up studies are needed. The research, published in the Journal of [...]
Sulphonylureas, a type of drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, has a greater risk of causing heart failure and death as compared to metformin, another popular antidiabetes drug, according to a study.The findings suggest that clinically important differences in the cardiovascular safety profiles of different antidiabetes drugs, and support recommendations that favour metformin [...]
Researchers managed to come up with the latest invention in medicine called vaginal liquid condom that has the ability to block semen and anything that is contained in it, including viruses such as the human immunodeficiency virusThe condom is liquid gel before coming into contact with semen. When it catches semen the vaginal condom becomes solid. The [...]
