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Fatal Familial Insomnia: Prion Diseases: Merck Manual Home Edition
merck.com — “Fatal Familial Insomnia: Prion Diseases: Merck Manual Home Edition” View full resource at merck.com
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Prion Diseases: Learn about the symptoms of fatal familial insomnia http://bit.ly/aPlwhQ
Fatal Insomnia: When Sleeplessness Kills - ABC News
abcnews.go.com — “Most people can relate to the occasional sleepless night, but for sufferers of a rare form of insomnia, sleeplessness can be fatal. An Italian man who suffered from such a condition lost the ability to sleep at age 53. Four months after checking into a sleep clinic in Bologna, Italy, in 1984, he went into a coma and died. Through his case, Italian scientists discovered an extremely rare genetic disease called fatal familial insomnia, or FFI.” View full resource at abcnews.go.com
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Fatal Insomnia: When Sleeplessness Kills: Most people can relate to the occasional sleepless night, but for suffer... http://bit.ly/aUPZvh
Sleep Education: Fatal familial insomnia: a genetic death sentence
sleepeducation.blogspot.com — “Sleep Education: Fatal familial insomnia: a genetic death sentence” View full resource at sleepeducation.blogspot.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 5:22 pm By:
Sleep Medicine Assoc Physician Group
If you have insomnia you might want to read this blog. RT @AASMOrg: Fatal familial insomnia: A genetic death sentence http://ow.ly/1Ef0r
Family Medicine Article | Pain
mdlinx.com — “Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with insomnia in adolescents with chronic pain” View full resource at mdlinx.com
Most Recently Shared on November 10, 2010 at 11:10 pm By:
Sandeep Pulim MD Doctor, Health Communicator, and Physician
Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with insomnia in adolescents with chronic pain: Pain http://bit.ly/a6Qq09 #FamPractice
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Tips: The Link Between Insomnia and Health
huffingtonpost.com — “If you watched the National Geographic Channel last month, you might have caught sight of a special on Fatal Familiar Insomnia--a deadly form of insomnia that runs in some families.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
Most Recently Shared on June 15, 2010 at 5:11 pm By:
Valencia Ray MD Surgeon, Ophthalmologist, Physician, and Doctor
The connection between sleep and health Sleep Tips: http://huff.to/cD9Mnl Huffpost -
Family Med Medical News about Depression Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
mdlinx.com — “Prospective Associations of Insomnia Markers and Symptoms With Depression” View full resource at mdlinx.com
Most Recently Shared on February 22, 2010 at 9:22 am By:
Sandeep Pulim MD Doctor, Health Communicator, and Physician
Med: Prospective Associations of Insomnia Markers and Symptoms With Depression: American Journal of Epidemiology http://url4.eu/1SAnG
Family Med Medical News about Depression Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
mdlinx.com — “Prospective Associations of Insomnia Markers and Symptoms With Depression” View full resource at mdlinx.com
Most Recently Shared on February 22, 2010 at 12:26 pm By:
Sandeep Pulim MD Doctor, Health Communicator, and Physician
Med: Prospective Associations of Insomnia Markers and Symptoms With Depression: American Journal of Epidemiology http://bit.ly/dDx1MF
Death by Insomnia - Sleep Doctor Michael Breus, PhD | The Insomnia Blog
theinsomniablog.com — “Is it really true? Can you die from sleeplessness? If you happened to watch the National Geographic Channel last month, you might have caught sight of a special on Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI)"a deadly form of insomnia that runs in some families.” View full resource at theinsomniablog.com
Most Recently Shared on May 14, 2010 at 5:28 pm By:
Dr. Michael Breus Psychologist, PhD, and Doctor
Death by Insomnia -Sleep Doctor Michael Breus, PhD | The Insomnia Blog- http://bit.ly/alSoHk
Kuru: eMedicine Infectious Diseases
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Kuru is among the fatal neurodegenerative prion protein (PrP) diseases in humans. Others include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease, fatal familial insomnia (FFI), and variant CJD (vCJD).1, 2 PrP diseases in nonhuman animals include ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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An obscure disease nearing extinction. See the eMedicine topic Kuru. http://bit.ly/9FO5se
Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds - myOptumHealth
myoptumhealth.com — “Read the news article Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds at www.myOptumHealth.com” View full resource at myoptumhealth.com
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Danon Disease Can Be Quickly Fatal, Study Finds: Heart experts stress the importance of genetic testing and diag.. http://tinyurl.com/cqse6x
Spongiform brain diseases are caused by aberrant protein, new research shows
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. The finding, in mice, is expected to advance the understanding of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs, a family of neurodegenerative diseases that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, kuru and fatal familial insomnia in humans, scrapie in sheep, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, also known as "mad cow disease.&q” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Spongiform brain diseases are caused by aberrant protein, new research shows
sciencedaily.com — “Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. The finding, in mice, is expected to advance the understanding of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs, a family of neurodegenerative diseases that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, kuru and fatal familial insomnia in humans, scrapie in sheep, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, also known as "mad cow disease.&q” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a #prion http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100128142137.htm
Invisible Injuries Plague Returning Soldiers
medicalnewstoday.com — “For soldiers who have suffered a head injury, it can be frustrating when problems linger after returning home. Because there may be no physical signs of injury, issues like memory complaints or sl” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on November 12, 2010 at 1:09 pm By:
Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN Doctor, PhD, and Nurse
True! TBI big in prisons, too RT @Its_ThePitts: http://bit.ly/9q8fbg traumatic brain injury sometimes invisible in our returning soldiers.
Invisible Injuries Plague Returning Soldiers
medicalnewstoday.com — “For soldiers who have suffered a head injury, it can be frustrating when problems linger after returning home. Because there may be no physical signs of injury, issues like memory complaints or s” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Invisible Injuries Plague Returning Soldiers http://mnt.to/3Mty #veterans
Texas Children's Hospital - Houston, TX - Pediatric patient care, education and research, children's medical hospital
texaschildrens.org — “Physicians of all specialties who are interested in learning about the cocooning strategy for preventing pertussis in newborns can participate in an online continuing medical education (CME) program called --Cocooning: Targeted Immunization to Prevent Severe and Fatal Pertussis in Infants-- provided by the Texas Medical Association (TMA).” View full resource at texaschildrens.org
Most Recently Shared on April 27, 2010 at 5:23 pm By:
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New "cocoon strategy" aims to protect newborns through family participation http://bit.ly/aCi8cf #vaccines
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