As Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Course Director for countless CME courses, Martin A.

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The First International Congress of Interventional Neurology Minneapolis, MN October 6-8th, 2011 http://www.ICINEURO.org

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About the Video: A variety of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, can affect a person's eyesight. This program looks at how problems related to the brain and nervous system can be related to vision, and covers approaches to diagnosis and treatment

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Neurological disorders

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Dramatization of a focused neurological exam on a patient suffering an acute hemorrhagic stroke in the posterior internal capsule of the brain.

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Student Neurological Exam - Full Length - Video

I have experienced these blackouts before and recently read about them. I was relatively ignorant as to what they were or I was experiencing. Here is a link to a good source.

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Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a common speech disorder of neural speech processing that typically begins during the first 3-4 years of life. A review of 44 studies shows a prevalence of around 1% for schoolchildren.

Stuttering is a movement disorder of speech, with effects on the:

- jaw

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Research on psychological well-being at work (PWBW) is challenging.

Factor analysis revealed that psychological well-being at work can be conceptualized through 5 dimensions:

- Interpersonal Fit
- Thriving
- Feeling of Competency
- Desire for Involvement
- Perceived Recognition

This also applies to the training of medical residents and fellows. It is important to create an environment that promotes collaboration and personal growth, while avoiding exhaustion and finger pointing.

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What is Psychological Well-Being, Really? A Grassroots Approach from the Organizational Sciences. Véronique Dagenais-Desmarais and André Savoie. Journal of Happiness Studies, 2011.

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ChromeVox is just one of the Google Accessibility extensions. Be sure to check out ChromeVis, ChromeShades, and ChromeLite as well. The text-to-speech (TTS) programs convert text or web documents to human speech. Does it sound like a human voice? Not really, it is a computer-generated voice but it is as close to human as it gets. You can adjust the speed, repeat, or change the pitch of the voice.

ChromeVox

The ChromeVox screen reader is an extension to Chrome that brings the speed, versatility, and security of Chrome to visually impaired users.

Using Google Document List with ChromeVox that provides accessibility features for vision impaired users of Google Docs.

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The journal so critical to your practice and profession Now on the iPad

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Dr Manthena's Naturopathy Tips for Neurological disorders

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Dr.Debashis Chakraborty MD, DNB(Neurology), MRCP(UK) Consultant Neurology Kolkata

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a day in the life of a pediatric neurologist

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Giuseppe Lanzino, MD, is one of the Course Directors for Mayo Clinic's 2011 Hot Topics in Neurology and Neurosurgery Continuing Medical Education Course. He offers us a brief introduction to this year's course.

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general neurological examination

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Ken McGrath, Senior Lecturer in Pathology at the Faculty of Health, Auckland University of Technology and Member of the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists discusses his research into the neural anatomy of the human penis and the physical damages caused by circumcision. McGrath is author of The Frenular Delta: A New Preputial Structure published in Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Genital Integrity: Safeguarding Fundamental Human Rights in the 21st Century, held December 7-9, 2000, in Sydney Australia. Abstract: Textbooks and papers referring to penile function state that the source of penile sensation is solely the glans and often justify the existence of the prepuce by stating it protects the 'sensitive' glans.

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Dr. Fotuhi discusses his program to expand the size of memory to improve memory and creativity at the Neurology Institute for Brain Health and Fitness.

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Video skits of nursing students showing how to do a neurological assessment

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This Swedish retrospective cohort study, published in BMJ, examined the risk of neurological and autoimmune disorders in people vaccinated against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) with Pandemrix (GlaxoSmithKline) compared with unvaccinated people over 8-10 months.

Image of the H1N1 Influenza Virus, CDC.

One million people were vaccinated against H1N1 and 900,000 remained unvaccinated.

Excess risks among vaccinated people were of low magnitude, but present, for:

- Bell’s palsy (hazard ratio 1.25)
- paresthesia (1.11)
- inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Risks for Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis remained unchanged.

The risks of paresthesia and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among those vaccinated in the early phase (within 45 days) of the vaccination campaign were significantly increased; the risk being increased within the first 6 weeks after vaccination.

The risks were small but significant among more than one million vaccinated, but only in high risk groups targeted for early vaccination and who were likely to have earlier comorbidity.

The absolute risk of Bell’s palsy was low, 6.4 cases per 100?000 vaccinated population.

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Neurological and autoimmune disorders after vaccination against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) with a monovalent adjuvanted vaccine: population based cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden. BMJ 2011; 343:d5956 doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5956 (Published 12 October 2011).

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The average American consumes 45 gallons of soft drinks annually. This does not include noncarbonated sweetened beverages, which add up 17 gallons a person per year. Chips and Coke are a common breakfast.

Nearly a third of American children are overweight or obese. In our inner cities a prevalence of obesity of more than 50% is not uncommon. Too many calories in, too little energy out. An 18% tax on pizza and soda can decrease U.S. adults' weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year, according to some researchers.

Here are some ideas how to promote healthy diet from from the NYTimes:

- taxing unhealthy food would reduce consumption and generate billions of dollars annually. That money could be used to subsidize the purchase of staple foods like seasonal greens, vegetables, whole grains, dried legumes and fruit. Sell those staples cheap - let’s say for 50 cents a pound - and almost everywhere: drugstores, street corners, convenience stores, bodegas, supermarkets, liquor stores, even schools, libraries and other community centers.

- convert refrigerated soda machines to vending machines that dispense grapes and carrots, as has already been done in Japan

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The solution: Tax Soda, Subsidize Vegetables? NYTimes.
Timeline of the Standard American Diet in the NYTimes.
18% tax on pizza and soda can decrease U.S. adults' weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year
Image source: Soft drinks, Wikipedia, public domain.

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Jamie Rauscher - Mark Bittman makes some excellent points. Taxing unhealthy foods may help (studies have shown cigarette taxes can discourage smoking) but it is not the complete solution. We must continue to educate people too about the importance of eating at home. The amount of time people spend preparing meals continues to decline. (See report "Who has time to cook?" by US Economic Research Service) Many people also no longer know how to cook. Finally we need to teach nutrition to children and adults. I recently completed a nutrition class in a graduate program at Boston University. It was a real eye opener--and I thought I was pretty knowledgeable going into the class.

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