Are there disorders or conditions associated with spina bifida? Health issues are different for each person with spina bifida. Open spina bifida (myelomeningocele)—in which the spinal cord is exposed—tends to cause more severe problems.1 Hydrocephalus Many infants born with spina bifida get extra fluid in and around the brain, a condition called hydrocephalus, or water on the brain. Chiari II Malformation The brains of most children with open spina bifida are positioned abnormally. Tethered Spinal Cord Typically, the bottom of the spinal cord floats freely in the spinal canal, but for many people with spina bifida, the spinal cord is attached to the spinal canal. Paralysis, Mobility Limitations People with spina bifida high on the back (near the head, for instance) might not be able to move their legs. Lack of Bladder and Bowel Control People with spina bifida often cannot control their bladder and bowel movements. Latex Allergy Many people with spina bifida—possibly three-quarters of those with the condition—are allergic to latex, or natural rubber.
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Lateral ankle instability - OrthopaedicsOne Articles - OrthopaedicsOne Introduction An ankle sprain is the most common athletic injury — approximately 30,000 of these injuries occur each day in the US (1,2) — and the most common reason to see an orthopedist.(2-7) Ankle sprains are more prevalent in certain sports such as basketball, where in one study, they accounted for 13% of all injuries.(8) Historically, most physicians have recommended various forms of conservative management, with the adage, "All these injuries get better." More recently, however, careful assessment of ankle sprains has revealed that 10% to 40% result in persistent symptoms after acute injury (2,4-6,9-11) due to a number of issues: Peroneal tear or dislocation Underlying cartilage defect Chronic ankle instability While the exact incidence of chronic ankle instability as a result of an initial ankle sprain remains unknown, many authors have reported that injury to the mechanoreceptors and attenuation of the lateral ligament complex are likely causes.(10, 12) Anatomy Biomechanics Imaging
Expertscape - Objective Rankings of Medical Expertise Health Information - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Future - Science & Environment - Remote-controlled protein factories Thanks to advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering, we are finding ever more complex ways of converting nature into living protein factories that serve our needs. Engineered bacterial cells can churn out medically useful proteins such as insulin, the blood-clotting agent thrombin, and a host of other human enzymes and hormones. Plants, yeast and even other mammals can be given the genes needed to produce valuable proteins that they don’t make naturally. Most famously, even notoriously, genetically modified goats can secrete spider silk in their milk, which can be extracted and used to make tough fibres. But in many ways this is taking a sledgehammer to a nut. With this in mind, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA, led by chemical engineer Daniel Anderson, has figured out how to make artificial cells which they can stuff with these basic molecular components. Spontaneous generation The next step was to switch protein production on and off.
Drugs.com | Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side Effects Health, Naturally! The over-medicalisation of illness in the NHS is down to patients acting like customers | Deborah Orr The most upsetting and haunting of the things I found when I was sorting through my late mother’s things was a handwritten list in a notebook by the chair where she always sat. Every day for a short while, before she was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with secondary renal cancer of the bone, she’d been jotting down the details of the painkillers she was taking and the time at which she was taking them, in a very shaky hand. These weren’t strong, addictive painkillers. They were paracetamol and ibuprofen. I hadn’t understood quite how much pain she had been in, and I don’t think her doctor did, either. But still she retained her faith in medicine through all these decades of frustration and dissatisfaction with it. I tried a number of times over a number of decades to suggest to my mother that her pains would be treated better with some exercise than with pills. But, in truth, I didn’t push too hard on this stuff, because it made her furious. But my mum would not be alone.
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