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Chronic Fatigue, Pain Linked to Sinusitis

... sinusitis as facial pressure, heavy-headedness or frontal headache, Chester says. Doctors who specialize in sinusitis -- otolaryngologists -- know that almost one-third of sufferers experience severe fatigue and pain, Chester says, but the news hasn't trickled down to the general practitioner. As a result,...

Brain changes observed in people with sleep apnoea

...n specific areas of the brain. These were the left frontal cortex, which controls upper airway function, and the cerebellum at the back of the brain, which controls heart and lung function. This raises the intriguing possibility that these changes may actually cause sleep apnoea, rather than resulting from t...

Resolving Autism

... be especially compromised with disconnectivity of frontal circuitry. Hence, higher-order cognitive processes...utism owing to a lack of functional integration of frontal regions in distributed systems that may reflect abnormality in brain maturation."...

Hyperactivity disorder a biological malfunction

...ey can't wait, they can't delay... you see how the frontal lobes of the brain, the parts involved in decision...can see for children with hyperactivity, how these frontal parts are underactive. They're not working as they should be." The amphetamine drug Ritalin is used ...

Drugs may fog memory

...ire. The research team suggest ecstasy targets the frontal lobes of the brain, which are related to memory and organising responses. People with frontal lobe damage caused by accidents often find difficulty concentrating and are more easily distracted, ...

Dental x-rays to prognosticate heart attacks

...evealed that panoramic dental X-rays -- wide-angle frontal images taken to authenticate the baseline condition of teeth and surrounding bone -- also revealed any calcium deposits present in the carotid arteries. These are the large vessels on either side of the neck that carry blood from the heart to the bra...

A boon to epileptics

...e temporal lobes, at the side of the brain and the frontal lobe. There are two types of fit. One, the partial seizure, is associated with a change in consciousness - often the only external clue of a seizure is that the person affected will merely appear vacant or distracted for a short period. Partial sei...

Bald head bad health

... likelihood to develop heart disease.// Those with frontal baldness had a 9% increased chance of getting heart disease. Compared to men with no hair loss, men whose crowns were completely bald had a 36% greater risk of having a coronary event, including a heart attack and angina. Men with mild crown balding ...

Stuttering and brain anatomy

...tn right-handers, and the adjacent portions of the frontal lobe were larger in men than women", according to Foundas....

Alcohol shrinks brain

... alcohol consumption leads to the shrinkage of the frontal lobe, which is the center for emotions, planning a...oted in the elderly.The investigators measured the frontal lobe volume in about 1400 individuals using MRI scan and found that the frontal lobe had shrunk in l...

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