Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet Helps Summer Travelers Beat Jet Lag

...iming, light and dark cycles and daily activity cycles." Jet lag symptoms include feelings of irritability, insomnia, indigestion and general disorientation that occur when the body's inner clock is out of step with environmental time cues like meal times, sunrise and sunset, and daily cycles of rest and a...

Women More Likely to Experience Non-Traditional Stroke Symptoms

...oms at the 2009 International Stroke Conference this spring. "The non-traditional symptom that stood out was altered mental status, meaning confusion, disorientation or a loss of consciousness." Symptoms such as sudden numbness of the face, arm or leg are a warning sign of what's happening in the body during ...

New Year, Old Myths, New Fatalities

...pressant action of alcohol. Driving abilities may even be impaired the next day, when any alcohol remaining in the system, or the general headache and disorientation associated with hangovers, contributes to the general feelings of sluggishness, even though the person no longer feels "drunk." Sobering Up ...

CSHL scientists show how a protein that determines cell polarity prevents breast cancer

... This revealed that Scribble only works as a cancer deflector when it finds itself in the right location--within the junctions between cells. Cellular disorientation occurs when mutations in the gene that orders Scribble to be produced in a cell either prevents its expression or causes it to be expressed in the wro...

Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag

... 30 control patients were rated on the most common complaints of jetlag: dehydration and loss of appetite; headaches and/or sinus irritation; fatigue; disorientation and/or grogginess; nausea and/or upset stomach; insomnia and/or highly irregular sleep patterns; irritability; irrational behavior; alternation in men...

Study Shows Pine Bark Reduces Jetlag

... 30 control patients were rated on the most common complaints of jetlag: dehydration and loss of appetite; headaches and/or sinus irritation; fatigue; disorientation and/or grogginess; nausea and/or upset stomach; insomnia and/or highly irregular sleep patterns; irritability; irrational behavior; alternation in men...

Why do astronauts suffer from space sickness?

... Centrifuging astronauts for a lengthy period provided researcher Suzanne Nooij with better insight into how space sickness develops, the nausea and disorientation experienced by many astronauts. Nooij defended her PhD theses on this subject at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands) on Tuesday...

Memory lane: Older persons with more schooling spend fewer years with cognitive loss

... said. However, those with more education appeared to exhibit more severe cognitive impairment which may include memory loss, loss of language or disorientation and to be in worse health, the researchers found. Surprisingly, the risk of dying among those with cognitive impairment is generally higher for t...

'Choking Game' Turned Deadly for 82 Youths

...aying this game include: discussion of the game, including other terms for it; bloodshot eyes; marks on the neck; severe headaches; disorientation after spending time alone; ropes, scarves and belts tied to bedroom furniture or doorknobs or found knotted on the floor; unexplained presence o...

Sunrise Senior Living Opens First Custom-Built Community for Early, Mid and Late Stage Alzheimer's Care Programs

...o significant confusion and physical frailty. Residents in Edna's Place receive a higher level of attention in a more tranquil environment to minimize disorientation and agitation they may experience in a larger population. The new 37,400 square foot, two-story community located at 510 W. Northwest Highway in Barr...

Disorientation in Medical Dictionary

Disorientation

Orientation is a function of the mind involving awareness of three dimensions: time, place and person. Problems with orientation lead to disorientation , and can be due to various conditions, from delirium to intoxication. Typically, disorientation is first in time, then... Spatial di...

Motion sickness

...is ... ear vestibular function were immune to motion . sickness . sickness . Theories of Pathogenesis ... Motion sickness is the nausea, disorientation and fatigue that can be induced by ... Acquired susceptibility to motion sickness occurs occasionally. ... How to prevent and provide first...

Febrile

...iggered by a fever. ... Febrile seizures are different than tremors or disorientation that can also occur with fevers. ... febrile convulsion ( ¦fē′brīl...iggered by a fever. ... Febrile seizures are different than tremors or disorientation also seen with fevers. ... Definition of febrile from the Merriam-We...

Disorientation in Biological News

Frogs reveal clues about the effects of alcohol during development

...hers now show that alcohol steals away the molecules that make retinoic acid and use them for its own process of detoxification, resulting in cellular disorientation during a critical period of development. The new study, published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), dmm.biologists.org , provides evidence t...

Space researchers developing tool to help disoriented pilots

...istration. Although there have been no spatial disorientation accidents in space, it is a major concern for astr...formation from Small's previous studies of spatial disorientation for the U.S. military and analyzing data from airc...nd veteran of four space shuttle flights. "Spatial disorientation mistakes in space are very rare, but because of mi...

New MIT tool probes brain circuits

...ays a part in memory and spatial navigation. In Alzheimer's disease, the hippocampus is one of the first regions to suffer damage; memory problems and disorientation are among the disease's first symptoms. The hippocampus is made up of several regions--CA1, CA3 and the dentate gyrus--that are wired up with disti...