A journey through chronic illness

Chorea: A Journey through History

The original descriptions of chorea date from the Middle Ages, when an epidemic of "dancing mania" swept throughout Europe. The condition was initially considered a curse sent by a saint, but was named "Saint Vitus's dance" because afflicted individuals were cured if they touched churches storing Saint Vitus's relics. Paracelsus coined the term chorea Sancti Viti and recognized different forms ...

Chronic Physical Illness: A Psychophysiological Approach for Chronic Physical Illness

Growing evidence demonstrates that psychological risk variables can contribute to physical disease. In an effort to thoroughly investigate potential etiological origins and optimal interventions, this broad review is divided into five sections: the stress response, chronic diseases, mind-body theoretical models, psychophysiological interventions, and integrated health care solutions. The stress...

A journey through disability: a sibling's perspective.

Reviews Chorea: A Journey through History

The original descriptions of chorea date from the Middle Ages, when an epidemic of ‘‘dancing mania’’ swept throughout Europe. The condition was initially considered a curse sent by a saint, but was named ‘‘Saint Vitus’s dance’’ because afflicted individuals were cured if they touched churches storing Saint Vitus’s relics. Paracelsus coined the term chorea Sancti Viti and recognized different fo...

A Replisome’s journey through the bacterial chromosome

Genome duplication requires the coordinated activity of a multi-component machine, the replisome. In contrast to the background of metabolic diversity across the bacterial domain, the composition and architecture of the bacterial replisome seem to have suffered few changes during evolution. This immutability underlines the replisome's efficiency in copying the genome. It also highlights the suc...