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Symptoms May Remain the Best Clue for Concussion Evaluation
Neurology > Head Trauma — Cognitive evaluation is objective but not very accurate for diagnosis in sports, study finds by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today June 13, 2024 Reported symptoms were more accurate for concussion diagnosis than objective cognitive testing was, a case-control study of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes found.
Long COVID Symptoms May Emerge Months After Infection
Neurology > Long COVID — Fewer Americans have long COVID but many have significant activity limitations, CDC data show by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today August 10, 2023 Long COVID symptoms may emerge months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, data from the prospective multicenter INSPIRE study suggested. Symptom prevalence decreased over 1 year among long
Mum reveals symptoms and how she knew her baby was in respiratory distress
A mum has urged parents to trust their instincts after her 10-day-old baby almost died in his pram while she was fighting with hospital staff pleading for him to be seen.Brooke Lahtinen knew something was seriously wrong when son Luca contracted what seemed like a simple cold at just five days old, and saw his ribs
Did CBD Help Cancer-Related Symptoms?
Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff December 10, 2022 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up
Psychotic symptoms in children may have a genetic cause
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A 6-year-old boy began hearing voices coming from the walls and the school intercom telling him to hurt himself and others. He saw ghosts, aliens in trees, and colored footprints. Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, a psychiatrist at Boston Children's Hospital, put him on antipsychotic medications and the frightening hallucinations stopped. Another child
Common Symptoms of the BA.2.12.1 Subvariant, According to Experts
A new subvariant, called BA.2.12.1, is steadily becoming more prominent in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). BA.2.12.1 is a subvariant of BA.2, and both descended from the original omicron variant, which was first recorded in the Botswana and South Africa regions in November 2021. Shortly…
“Long term, we are seeing unusual symptoms in the cardiovascular system including abnormal heart rate and heart rhythm as well as blood pressure excursions and changes in blood vessel tone and skin discoloration,” says Dr. Cameron. Published research papers have found that people are at higher risk of stroke and heart attack in the weeks…
What Your Symptoms Might Tell You About Your IBS
But there are also other ways you can experience constipation, like by having less than three bowel movements a week, straining to go to the bathroom, and feeling like you’ve never really gotten everything out (if you know what we mean). Other IBS-C symptoms include gas, bloating, and stomach pain.A lot of people get constipated…
Treat the symptoms but not the disease — phrase of the week
Context The Xi’an lockdown caused an outpouring of tales of despair and anguish on social media. One incident in particular, where an eight-month-pregnant woman was barred from entering a hospital due to COVID-19 protocols, and spent hours bleeding until she miscarried, led to widespread outrage on the Chinese internet. In an epidemic prevention and control…