News tagged with brain swelling


Findings to help in design of drugs against virus causing childhood illnesses

New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children.

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deer ticks carry yet another bacterial threat

(HealthDay)—People who go outdoors in several regions of the United States may have something else to worry about. Scientists report that there's another troublesome germ hiding in the deer tick that already ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness (Update)

(AP) — A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that sparked alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers spearhead groundbreaking research into treatment of brain swelling

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have reported the results of groundbreaking research into the prevention of cerebral oedema or swelling of the brain, a major cause of death in people who have sustained a traumatic injury ...

Medical research created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Skull resconstruction immediately following traumatic brain injury worsens brain damage

Immediate skull reconstruction following trauma that penetrates or creates an indentation in the skull can aggravate brain damage inflicted by the initial injury, a study by a University of South Florida research team reports. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mechanical tissue resuscitation technology shows promise

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers seeking a successful treatment for traumatic brain injury have found that the size and extent of damaged tissue can be reduced by using a new device to prevent cell death.

Surgery created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vietnam on alert as common virus kills 81 children

(AP) -- Vietnam's prime minister has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to surge, killing 81 children and sickening more than 32,000 people nationwide so far this year, officials ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Childhood virus kills 70 in Vietnam

(AP) -- A health official says a surging outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam has killed 70 people so far this year and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Medical Minute: Stroke awareness

A stroke is sudden brain injury caused by a sudden vascular (blood vessel) compromise. There are two major types of strokes. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked by clot or other debris. ...

Cardiology created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preschools shut as virus outbreak rages in Vietnam

(AP) -- More than a dozen kindergartens in Vietnam have closed to deal with an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease that has killed 109 children and sickening more than 52,000 this year, an official and state-run media ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0