Drowning, suffocation by immersion in a liquid, usually water. Water closing over the victim’s mouth and nose cuts off the body’s supply of oxygen. Deprived of oxygen the victim stops struggling, loses consciousness, and gives up the remaining tidal ai
If the tumor blocks your ventricles, you may get water on the brain (hydrocephalus). Craniopharyngiomas Craniopharyngiomas (pronounced kray-nee-ow-fe-ruhn-jee-ow-muhs) are benign tumors that usually start in the base of your brain near your optic nerves or your hypothalamus, above your ...
Accidental hypothermia may be life-threatening andconstitutesa medical emergency. Low environmental temperature alone may be sufficient to cause hypothermia, as from submersion in icy water or overexposure in heavy winter snows. In cases of hypothermia due to exposure, there is often an underlying cond...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus is a symptomatic treatment of Parkinson’s disease but benefits only to a minority of patients due to stringent eligibility criteria. To investigate new targets for less invasive therapies, we
Drugs targeting VCAM-1-binding integrins have been approved for treatment of IBD (Park and Jeen, 2018). Growing evidence show that the gut microbiota moderates the gut-brain axis pathways, affecting systemic low-grade inflammation, permeability of the blood–brain-barrier, maturation and activation ...
preventing fatigue orbrain fog keeping our metabolisms running (it helps us burn fat for energy) balancingblood sugar levels(since it allows cells to take up and use glucose for energy) reducinginflammationand helping with healing balancing fluid levels based on salt and water intake ...
Brain freeze, or ice cream headache, is sudden head pain you can get when you eat or drink something cold, get into cold water, or drink very cold air. It's not serious and goes away on its own in less than 5 minutes. If you suddenly get a bad headache that doesn't go away qui...
But there is no "off switch" to the brain. It is always looking for problems, just as our stomachs are always waiting for food. When our brains lack problems to solve, they often make some up. Two very important wordsOne of the ways brains make up problems is the creative use of ...
(glomerulonephritis;inflammationof the urine-producing structures in the kidney),atherosclerosisof blood vessels in the brain, andCushing syndrome(hyperactivity of the adrenal glands). In cases of secondary hypertension, correction of the underlying cause may cure the hypertension. Various external agents ...
The body and brain work to maintain a state of balance known ashomeostasis. Taking a substance changes that balance, so your body has to take steps to adjust including changing the levels of certainneurotransmitters. These substances act on your brain's reward system, triggering the release of ...