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A New Netflix Documentary Looks at the Strange, Coma-Like Condition Known as ‘Resignation Syndrome’

Life Overtakes Me, Netflix’s short but affecting documentary that opened on June 14 focuses on a rare but timely disorder: resignation syndrome. Children with the condition appear to be sleeping, but they can’t be woken—seeing only a hopeless future, they become completely cut off from the outside world. As one doctor puts it, “Parents are… Read More: A New Netflix Documentary Looks at the Strange, Coma-Like Condition… »

Further insight needed into potential development delays in preterm children

Executive functioning delays – such as difficulties with attention, concentration and self-control – which frequently occur in preterm children actually persist beyond early infancy, through to school-entry age, new research has found. Researchers from the College of Health and Medicine’s Division of Psychology studied how preterm children, are at a higher risk of developing executive… Read More: Further insight needed into potential development delays in preterm children »

Psychiatrist: My Medicine Raised Our Patient’s Blood Sugar, Can You Help? PCP: That’s a Dump!

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD If my hypertensive patient develops orthostatism and falls and breaks her hip, I fully expect the orthopedic surgeon on call to treat her. I may kick myself that this happened but I’m not qualified to treat a broken hip. If my anticoagulated patient hits his head and suffers a subdural hematoma,… Read More: Psychiatrist: My Medicine Raised Our Patient’s Blood Sugar, Can You… »

Men’s Health Month is a medical marketing marvel

June 26, 2019 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @garyschwitzer or at @HealthNewsRevu. As a kid, I remember the song, “June is bustin’ out all over” from the musical Carousel. These days, June is Men’s Health Month, and with it comes some helpful reminders. But Twitter… Read More: Men’s Health Month is a medical marketing marvel »