Where the line should be drawn in medical intervention and when treatment should be considered “futile” is under debate among medical ethicists. Most of the medical community agrees that care is futile when it does not achieve its purpose. But medical ethicist Dr. Norman Fost, pediatrics and bioethics professor at the University of Wisconsin, warns…
What Is Cerebrospinal Fluid?
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spinal cord. It is produced in the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain. It acts as a cushion or buffer for the brain, providing basic mechanical and immunological protection to the brain inside the skull. The CSF also serves…
ADHD Bipolar Disorder
Testing for ADHD begins with several questionnaires -to adult family members, teachers, paraprofessionals, and school personnel who interact with the child. In addition, the child will be “monitored" by a trained professional who sits in the back of the class and views how the child interacts with others in his or her social structure. A…
Ocular Migraines
In our modern world, many people suffer from migraine headaches, and sadly, too many people think all migraines are alike, but they are not. There are many different types of migraine headaches but ocular migraines is one that often gets forgotten about because it makes up on 15% of all sufferers. In fact, if you…
Headache or TIA Stroke?
When someone suddenly has a migraine for the first when they are nearing fifty or sixty its often the case that what they thought they had was a migraine headache when in fact it was actually a TIA. So, what is a TIA and how is it different then a migraine? TIA is the acronym…
Weather Headaches
Some people suffer from weather headaches. Although for the longest time this was not an understood phenomenon it seems to now be a well-recognized headache trigger. They are commonly referred to as barometric pressure headaches. Although it has not yet been proven whether these headaches are caused by the constriction or swelling of the blood…
What is Stress
In technical terms, stress is a disruption of homeostasis, triggered by either real or perceived physical or psychological stimuli. Simply put, action or thought disrupts normal balance. Stress is a term that is often used to describe many feelings or emotions. Anxiety, depression, distress, fear, and exhaustion are all feelings that can be described as…
Women Twice as Likely to Have Sleep Disorders
Women are two times as likely to suffer from sleep disorders, such as falling and staying asleep, than men. Many reasons are behind this. The clinical definition of a sleep disorder is “a unsettling pattern of sleep that may include difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at unsuitable times, excessive total sleep time, or…
Cushings Syndrome and Hair Loss
There are many types of diseases and illnesses that can lead to hair loss: Some worse than others. Cushing’s syndrome is one of the less common ones, however, if you are one of the ones who suffer from hair loss due to Cushing’s syndrome, it is just as devastating to you. The problem is one…