The annual World Spinal Cord Injury Day takes place on September 5th with the aim of raising public awareness of spinal cord injuries. This year's theme is COVID-19 and staying healthy with the help of telemedicine. Spinal cord injury is understood to be damage to the spinal cord – 90% from trauma and another 10% from diseases such as cancer.…
These are compulsory courses for everyone who works in primary care, neurology or the musculoskeletal system. Bell's palsy usually presents with isolated facial palsy, but if you are unfamiliar with the disease or the cranial nerves, the symptoms can easily be mistaken for a stroke. Although rare, lacunar infarction involving the lower pons can occur with isolated facial palsy-like symptoms,…
I grew up with video games and have followed their technological development over the years. As such, video games have been and have been a huge part of my life to this day. These games are a source of entertainment and relaxation, and can even provide opportunities for social interaction and connection. They can help improve a person's cognitive skills,…
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N o Employees come to work every day completely free of personal problems and struggles. However, people with mental illness face additional adversity in the workplace. Just showing up and completing tasks can be an uphill battle for employees bombarded with intrusive, obsessive, or critical thoughts. traumatic flashbacks; depressive episodes; Anxiety triggers; and other challenges. To make matters worse, there…
Fractures account for 25% of all injuries in children and are the most common reason for hospitalization, but the rate is higher in children with ADHD. 5% of children and adolescents live with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurological developmental disorder that affects inattentiveness, motor hyperactivity and impulsivity. When we think of a child with ADHD, we tend…
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Last spring, the Colorado Children's Hospital declared a "state of emergency" for the mental health of young people. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pediatric emergency rooms and inpatient departments of the hospital system were increasingly crowded with children and adolescents with severe mental illness, many of whom were suicidal. "It was devastating to see that suicide became…
I was an ugly kid, but I doubt you would think so when you look at my elementary school pictures. Most of the time I looked like any other child. Nothing about me was exceptional either way. I was neither particularly attractive, nor did I look particularly unhappy. But ugly children know who they are. It is the children who…