This is what it looks like when parasitic worms directly invade your brain
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...
The New England Journal of Medicine24d
Unveiling the Unforeseen
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head, performed without the intravenous administration of contrast material, showed no acute abnormalities on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR ...
Medical Dialogues3d
PSA Density: Reliable Predictor for Prostate Cancer Detection in BPH Patients with Negative MRI Findings, Study Finds
China: A recent study published in BMC Urology highlighted PSA density (PSAD) as an effective predictor of prostate cancer in ...
Medical Dialogues12d
Improved diet and reduced waist-to-hip ratio associated with better cognitive and mental health: JAMA
A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that better diet and a reduced waist-to-hip ratio throughout middle age have been linked to improved cognitive and ...
Kearney Hub14d
Kearney teen's journey: A clumsy back brace. 7 hours of surgery, and finally recovery
Morgan Dart had a curved spine. A clumsy back brace for 10 months didn't help, but a seven-hour surgery did. Now, the Kearney ...
European Medical Journal8d
Neuroimaging in Rabies Encephalitis: An Uncommon Sight
Rabies is one of the oldest communicable diseases known to humans and is almost always fatal, with very few cases of ...
Frontiers18d
Lesion assessment in multiple sclerosis: a comparison between synthetic and conventional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging
including synthetic MRI. Exclusion criteria were poor image quality or missing FLAIR data and pre-existent comorbidities that could interfere with the study assessments, such as microangiopathy, ...
Frontiers25d
Whole Brain Magnetic Resonance Image Atlases: A Systematic Review of Existing Atlases and Caveats for Use in Population Imaging
Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain atlases, frequently also referred to in ... All atlases were based on T1, T2, and/or PD structural sequences. No atlas included FLAIR or T2* sequences ...
BMJ12d
Enlarged perivascular spaces as a marker of underlying arteriopathy in intracerebral haemorrhage: a multicentre MRI cohort study
The MRI stroke protocol was similar in each hospital. Imaging was at 1.5 T field strength and included axial T1-weighted, T2-weighted, coronal fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), axial ...