OBSERVATIONS ON SYMPTOMS ATTRIBUTED TO CEREBRAL DISEASE.

Cardiopulmonary Mortalities and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Attributed to Ozone Air Pollution

Background & Aims of the Study: Ozone is a summer pollutant which can cause respiratory complications, eye burning sensation and failure of immune defense against infectious diseases. Ahvaz city (southwestern Iran) is one of the seven polluted Iranian metropolises. In this study we examined the health impacts of ozone pollution in Ahvaz city during years 2010 and 2011. Ma...

Observations on stammering after localized cerebral injury.

Case of Perivasculitis Retinae Associated with Symptoms of Cerebral Disease

I wish to express my thanks to Dr. Sinclair, for his kindness in personally demonstrating his operatioin to me; to my colleagues of the honorary staff of the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, for permission to operate on many of their cases and to Mr. S. B. Smith, for his assistance in the compilation of the records. Particularly do I wish to thank Dr. T. M. Bride and Dr. H. H1. McNabb for their c...

Cerebral correlates of psychotic symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.

BACKGROUND Psychotic symptoms are produced by distributed neuronal dysfunction. Abnormalities of reality testing and false inference implicate frontal lobe abnormalities. OBJECTIVES To identify the functional imaging profile of patients with Alzheimer's disease manifesting psychotic symptoms as measured by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). METHODS Twenty patients with Alzh...

Effect of Ramadan fasting on Gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms

Background: Effect of Ramadan fasting on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is unknown and limited studies have been conducted in this regard. Nutritional, physiological, psychological and behavioral changes in fasting individuals during Ramadan may affect GERD. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of these changes on GERD symptoms with more meticulous method. Materials and Metho...