Brain cancer

Brain FDG-PET scan and SPECT may show cerebellar hypermetabolism and increased perfusion during the acute stages of PCD(Choi et al. 2006). In the chronic phase, CT and MRI often reveal cerebellar atrophy. In the search for antibodies and associated malignancy anti-Yo (PCA-1), anti-Tr (PCA-Tr) and anti-mGluR1 are associated with relatively ‘pure’ cerebellar syndromes. Anti-Yo antibodies point at breast, ovarian, endometrium and fallopian tube cancers[70]. Rarely, anti-Yo associated

during middle or geriatric age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain. This disease is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is another term for memory loss and other psychological abilities, deliberate enough to conflict with simple daily life activities.

thousand patients in the US go through chemo. Chemotherapy is a procedure that destroys cancer cells in patients who are suffering with cancer.Usually, when one thinks about a patient going through chemo their first thoughts might be “bald, pale or sickly” never does the term “chemo brain” come up through a typical conversation. Chemo brain can be described as a ‘mental fog’. Generally, patients who suffer with chemo brain have a hard time performing cognitive task as well as they use to; such as, memorizing

Medical imaging, how interesting is that, it’s a tool that helps go into depth about how the brain is functioning, and how it has developed. Medical imaging has many great and useful resources. Imagine how great it will be if medical imaging would develop even more than we have it today, we can find many new ways of discovering---BEYOND what we have already discovered. According to Kunio Doi in his article titled, “Diagnostic Imaging over the Last 50 years: Research and Development in the Medical

A cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the death of brain cells due to a lack of oxygen. The brain can be deprived oxygen either by a blockage such as a blood clot, or the rupturing of an artery. A lack of oxygen to the brain is very dangerous and can be deadly. A hospital in Philadelphia treated 700 children in a four year timespan, and out of these 700 children, 26 suffered cerebrovascular accidents. Research also showed that out of the 26 pediatric patients who suffered cerebrovascular

Brain on Fire My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan is a story of the author and her struggle with a rare disease in her brain. It made her scared, hallucinatory and affected her relationship with her peers. In the end, the condition was a unique rare brain disease called anti-NMDAS-receptor encephalitis. Cahalan was a bright twenty-four year old woman who lived in New York City and a reporter for the New York Post. She has worked in that Post since she was seventeen when she was hired as an intern

Technology affects our health in numerous ways. They vary in a range of severity as they can be as curable as body pains or as not easily curable like cancer. Ergonomics refer to the design factors for the workplace maximize productivity without causing discomfort or fatigue. Technology is often not ergonomic, so they lead to problems in our health. Working with technology without breaks or proper posture is one way of how our bodies are affected by technology, as they lead to body pains. The body

Some of these diseases are life long and the body can not get rid of. Parkinson's disease is when cells in the brain causes symptoms. Another disease is Multiple Sclerosis where the immune system will eat the myelin sheath which protects the nerves. One syndrome is Tourette's syndrome which is when movements are not in one’s control. A cancer is brain cancer when growth is not normal and causes a tumor. According to (Life and Death of a neuron) it says “ Huntington's disease is a genetic

of modern day doctors, discoveries have been made to treat the victims of Autoimmune Encephalitis. Autoimmune Encephalitis, or AE, is an infection where the immune system attacks the brain, impairing function (McDow, Will). This infection results in brain inflammation; this is the swelling of blood vessels in the brains tissue caused by a malfunction in another body system (McDow, Will). Also, although this disease has been recently discovered, the disease itself has been around for many years. In

the fact that alcohol dulls the brain and confuses physical reactions. This can lead to numerous injuries, accidents, and death. Alcohol affects every part of an alcoholic's life: their body, their mind and their family life. The body has a natural chemical that gives a feeling of a "natural high". It happens in the presence of a life-endangering situation. This chemical is adrenaline, which is meant to prepare the body for defense in