Showing posts with label imaging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label imaging. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
New Blood Test For Concussions Better Than Standard Imaging
New Blood Test Detects Concussion Better Than Standard Imaging by Michelle Cortez. Bloomberg. August 26, 2019,
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Newly-Discovered Organ May Aid The Spread Of Cancer
Newly-Discovered Human Organ May Help Explain How Cancer Spreads by Jessica Hamzelou. March 27, 2018.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Reorganizing Work Flow Allows Stroke Patients To Quickly Move From Door-To-Needle And Still Benefit From MRI
Saving Critical Time Diagnosing Stroke Patients With MRI By Borrowing 'Lean' Principles. MedStar Washington Hospital Center. May 13, 2015.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Behavior Changes As Signals Of Mental-Health Issues
When Social Skills Are A Warning by Shirley S. Wang. The Wall Street Journal. May 20, 2013.
Read the article and test your recall with the questions below.
(1) Why are changes in social behavior potentially significant for neurological health?
(2) True or False: During the early stages of mental disorders, planning and organizing abilities may remain sound even while social abilities deteriorate.
(3) Social problems are the primary characteristic of disorders such as _________________.
(4) Social problems can be secondary symptoms of disorders such as _________________________
___________________.
(5) True or False: Social peculiarities have to be drastic for there to be any reason for concern.
(6) Inability to focus on what other people are noticing could be _____________________.
(7) True or False: It is likely that people will notice social behavior changes in themselves.
(8) For people over the age of 40 or 50, it is recommended that they see a ______________ if there are changes in emotional or social functioning.
(9) The ventral-salience network _____________________________
(10) The ventral-salence network along with the __________ network help us
(11) Preliminary evidence tends to indicate that in the salience network can be a marker for ______ is kids.
(12) People with autism and schizophrenia tend to have difficulty with __________.
(13) In anxiety ____________ environmental stimuli registers as important.
(14) Explain how the ability to detect insincerity and sarcasm is sometimes important in the detection of social deficit.
(15) One researcher indicated that there may be a relationship between size of certain parts of the brain and __________________
Read the article and test your recall with the questions below.
(1) Why are changes in social behavior potentially significant for neurological health?
(2) True or False: During the early stages of mental disorders, planning and organizing abilities may remain sound even while social abilities deteriorate.
(3) Social problems are the primary characteristic of disorders such as _________________.
(4) Social problems can be secondary symptoms of disorders such as _________________________
___________________.
(5) True or False: Social peculiarities have to be drastic for there to be any reason for concern.
(6) Inability to focus on what other people are noticing could be _____________________.
(7) True or False: It is likely that people will notice social behavior changes in themselves.
(8) For people over the age of 40 or 50, it is recommended that they see a ______________ if there are changes in emotional or social functioning.
(9) The ventral-salience network _____________________________
(10) The ventral-salence network along with the __________ network help us
(11) Preliminary evidence tends to indicate that in the salience network can be a marker for ______ is kids.
(12) People with autism and schizophrenia tend to have difficulty with __________.
(13) In anxiety ____________ environmental stimuli registers as important.
(14) Explain how the ability to detect insincerity and sarcasm is sometimes important in the detection of social deficit.
(15) One researcher indicated that there may be a relationship between size of certain parts of the brain and __________________
Monday, January 28, 2013
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Assumed in Vegetative State, Shows Significant Brain Activity
Tests Conducted On Israel's Ariel Sharon Reveal Significant Brain Activity. .UCLA Newsroom. January 28, 2013.
The former prime minister of Israel has been assumed to be in a vegetative state since 2006 when he suffered a brain hemorrhage. However, this article recounts how brain activity and appropriate responses were found using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
The former prime minister of Israel has been assumed to be in a vegetative state since 2006 when he suffered a brain hemorrhage. However, this article recounts how brain activity and appropriate responses were found using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
How The Human Brain Adapts To Injury
Research Reveals Exactly How The Human Brain Adapts To Injury. Science Daily. January 16, 2013.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have delineated the back-up mechanism for a temporary incapacitation of the Wernicke area, a key area for language comprehension. This mechanism included the contralateral areas, the areas next to the impaired area, and a frontal executive area. The researchers used a theory of how brain systems self-organize in response to change.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have delineated the back-up mechanism for a temporary incapacitation of the Wernicke area, a key area for language comprehension. This mechanism included the contralateral areas, the areas next to the impaired area, and a frontal executive area. The researchers used a theory of how brain systems self-organize in response to change.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Alzheimer's Detection Outpaces Cures
For Alzheimer's, Detection Advances Outpace Treatment Options by Gina Kolata. The New York Times. November 15, 2012.
New brain scan technology for Alzheimer's is now available in over 300 hospitals across the nation. However since cures are far behind detection, several problems are evident: (1) Patients may be denied long-term health insurance if the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's are detected. (2) Since detection of a disease without a cure is such a serious matter, doctors who read the scan results must pass a special test for competence. Only 700 doctors have been qualified thus far. (3) Once again due to the seriousness of diagnosis, the F.D.A. has forbid incorporation of clinical information in their interpretation of the scans to avoid the influence of subtle bias obtained from the information.
New brain scan technology for Alzheimer's is now available in over 300 hospitals across the nation. However since cures are far behind detection, several problems are evident: (1) Patients may be denied long-term health insurance if the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's are detected. (2) Since detection of a disease without a cure is such a serious matter, doctors who read the scan results must pass a special test for competence. Only 700 doctors have been qualified thus far. (3) Once again due to the seriousness of diagnosis, the F.D.A. has forbid incorporation of clinical information in their interpretation of the scans to avoid the influence of subtle bias obtained from the information.
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