My Bandra Blogs Mumbai Classifieds (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Job Designation : Neurologist Qualification : Medical (M.S. / M.D.) Experience : 3 to 4 Years Job Description : Qualifications: MD/DM from a reputed Institute in India or equivalent degree from US/UK with 3-4 years post DM experiance Click here for Details for the Wockhardt Health Care Job Click here for more JOBS Enter your email address here to get daily alerts [...]
Flesh and Stone (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Rom Houben describes his experiences in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel which is being published in many European papers, including Liberation in France. He was totally paralysed after the accident and has been cared for in a hospital in Liège, Belgium. “I cried and shouted but no sound came out” said the ex-engineering student and amateur combat sport fan, who has...
West Virginia Record (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing two Charleston physicians after multiple surgeries left her without the use of her hands. On Jan. 3, 2008, Carolyn Sue Crawford underwent an EMG and nerve conduction study of her upper extremities, according to a complaint filed Nov. 3 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Crawford claims the studies were improperly performed and interpreted by Dr. Iraj Derakhshan, a neurologist....
The Lippard Blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Numerous mass media outlets and blogs are reporting on the misdiagnosis of Rom Houben of being comatose for 23 years when he was really conscious, according to Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys, who has claimed for years to be able to treat patients allegedly in a persistent vegetative state with electric shocks and find that they were really in a minimally conscious state . Videos of Houben show...
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Giving birth seems to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), Belgian and Dutch researchers say. The researchers tracked 330 women with MS for 18 years and found that among those who had children, severe disability took longer to develop. Writing in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, they say previous studies have suggested a worsening [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rom Houben has been trapped in a series of worst nightmares, including trying for 23 years to alert those around him that he was not in a coma . A new report suggests he's not alone in his experience. In 1983, Belgian engineering student and martial arts enthusiast Houben, then 20, was in a car accident that was thought to have left him in a vegetative state. Doctors relied on the widely-used Glasgow...
The Frontal Cortex (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Vaughan Bell , comes this wonderful essay by Tom Stafford on confabulation and creativity: In those patients with frontal damage who do confabulate, however, the brain injury makes them rely on their internal memories--their thoughts and wishes--rather than true memories. This is of course dysfunctional, but it is also creative in some of the ways that make improvisation so funny: producing an...
Mizozo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Imagine this, your whole body gets paralyzed resulting in your muscles becoming useless but your brain works just fine. And since you cannot tell anyone that you can listen/hear/see, everyone thinks that you are in a coma. Rom Houben, 46, went through the experience for 23 years till it was discovered that he was actually awake. He was injured in a car crash in 1983, when the doctors misdiagnosed...
Neuroskeptic (Free subscription) | yesterday
An intriguing and tragic story of brain damage is reported in the latest issue of Neurocase : Klüver-Bucy syndrome, hypersexuality, and the law . The authors are Devinsky, Sacks, and Devinsky - Sacks being neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks . Their anonymous patient, a 51 year old married American man, is currently serving a jail sentence for downloading child pornography. But he's not your...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | yesterday
Facing heat from both players and Congress, the NFL is adopting new policies designed to protect players in the event of a concussion. Teams will soon be required to keep an impartial, independent neurologist on hand to treat players for concussions. Players won’t be allowed to return to the field...
essentia nutrition (Free subscription) | yesterday
Birth Control Pill – Know the Risks Nearly 100 million women worldwide now use birth control pills as a convenient and effective method of contraception. Now, a review article in MedLink Neurology by three prominent neurologists, has found that oral contraceptives almost double the risk of suffering from a stroke. This is not the first time the birth control pill has been associated with risk...
Southern Appeal (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The UK Daily Mail has an astounding story about a man trapped in a supposed vegetative state for twenty-three years until the advent of new technology and the intervention of neurologist Dr. Steven Laureys. Student Rom Hubens was left paralyzed in an apparent coma after a car accident, but remained in the hellish state of [...]
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night : Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said. 'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' said Mr Houben, now 46. Doctors used a range of...
Someone in a Tree (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
In the last few weeks I've gotten a bunch of new things. One of the nicest parts of this has been that not one of these things has cost me any money outright. Some may down the road, but their acquisition was free, so the money-conscious imp that lives deep inside my heart has been practically ecstatic. The first addition is this sofa, which my landlady handed off to me as her son no longer wanted...
Pathophilia (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
And I write the title of this post without qualifying it with a phrase like "in my opinion." The dramatic "Inside Edition" video can be found here; but any neurologist worth his or her salt would recognize that the...
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bharatbook | 11/21/2009
PhotoThera, Inc. (PhotoThera) is engaged in the development of non invasive laser energy therapies for the neurology markets. It develops infrared energy therapeutics for ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, global ischemia and treating disturbances in cellular metabolic function. The company's NeuroThera system (NTS) is an investigational device that improves neurological outcome through non-invasive
julieadam | 11/13/2009
Adijat suffered from years of low back pain, limiting movement, mobility, and her quality of life. Experiencing left thigh numbness, she also experienced incontinence and digestive issues. Getting around proved increasingly difficult and pain was a constant reminder of her limitations. Adijat could no longer participate and engage in daily life, but was forced to watch the world go by from her wheelchair....
aarkstore | 11/12/2009
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