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The increasing prevalence of dementia is a serious threat to our medical system and our society. About 500,000 Canadians are affected with dementia, and this number will rise to more than 1 million in the next 20 years. Dementia already costs our economy 15 billion dollars per year. While much of
Simultaneous measurements of PET and MR together as is recently became possible have allow spatial and temporal correlation between the two modalities opening a window of opportunities that was not available so far. The first practical advantage is because most neurological patients should go
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition which has a 1% prevalence in the over 60s and also affects young adults. As well as motor symptoms such as akinesia or rigidity, many patients also experience non-motor symptoms of which psychosis is the most common (Chang and Fox, 2016).
Background
Severe mental disorders (SMD) are a group of diverse conditions which principally affect perception, cognition, emotion and behavioural control (Hyman et al. 2016). SMD has a significant health impact worldwide, both in economic terms as well as in mortality rate due to suicide or
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity and akinesia, but patients can also present various non-motor symptoms in the course of their illness, including visual hallucinations, delusions or illusions. Visual Hallucinations are false perceptions (no
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder that can cause significant disability and decrease quality of life. It is a chronic and progressive disease which means the symptoms become worse over time.
Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) is a decline in thinking and reasoning that
Dementia refers to neurodegenerative conditions causing gradual decrease in ability to think and recall, to the point that is impacts daily functions. It is often accompanied by language difficulties, wide ranging emotional issues, loss of language skills, and lowering of activity motivation. These
Alpha-Mannosidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disorder of the Glycoprotein family of diseases and is closely related to Mucopolysaccharidoses.
Alpha-Mannosidosis was first described by Dr Oekerman, from Lund in Sweden in 1967. There is another variant known as Beta-Mannosidosis, which is extremely
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, accountings for 60-70% of all demented cases. It is a neuro-pathological diagnosis determined by presence of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain of patients with dementia. The disease frequently starts
Sleep deprivation produces changes including alteration of mood, irritability, fatigue, less focus and disorientation, also perceptive distortions, visual hallucinations and considering tasks harder and less pleasant. Extenuating working hours provoke sleep deprivation, which deteriorates work
Patients with a visual acuity of 0.5 LogMAR or less in the better eye were screened for CBS. Instruments used were an interview asking for details of the hallucinations, a mental test and a scale concerning quality of life. Patients with CBS were randomized by minimization in two groups: in group 1,
HYPOTHESES
HA: Among patients with MRONJ, after 12 months of treatment with PENTO, the area of exposed bone in the PENTO group will be different than the area of exposed bone in the standard therapy group.
H0: Among patients with MRONJ, after 12 months of treatment with PENTO, the area of exposed
HARS syndrome is a progressive degenerative disease affecting eyesight and hearing caused by a mutation in the HARS gene which codes for an enzyme involved in protein synthesis. HARS syndrome has been exclusively found in the Old Order Amish communities in Southwestern Ontario and in Pennsylvania.
1. Aim of study 1.1 Background
Opioids are an effective instrument for patients with acute and chronic pain. Their route of administration ranges from transdermal to subcutaneous application through to Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV-PCA).
The use of IV-PCA-pumps has considerable