The Child and Youth Maltreatment Section of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has released a new Practice Point for the assessment of children with suspected traumatic head injury related to child maltreatment (THI-CM). This type of injury “is not rare and frequently results in significant morbidity for the child and family,” the CPS told Medscape … Read more
Compared with adults without disabilities, those with disabilities have higher rates of general drug misuse, but information on their misuse of prescription drugs specifically has been lacking. Now, a new analysis has reported that, overall, adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription drugs as those without disabilities. Reporting in the American … Read more
A blood test conducted in a prehospital setting may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, potentially facilitating more rapid, targeted treatment. The test measures the levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a protein specific to the brain which is released into the bloodstream when brain cells are damaged or destroyed. It is already … Read more
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) may reactivate latent herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the brain and contribute to neurodegeneration and development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, a new study suggested. Using a three-dimensional (3D) human brain tissue model, researchers observed that quiescent HSV-1 can be reactivated by a mechanical jolt mimicking concussion, leading … Read more