Whiplash & Other Useful Illnesses

Tremor and other movement disorders after whiplash type injuries.

Movement disorders are usually of central origin, but have been reported in association with peripheral trauma. Injuries to the neck of the whiplash type provide a source of both types of injuries. Six cases are reported in which the temporal relation between the injury and the movement disorder make a causal relation likely. This important cause of disability has not previously been appreciated.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity and other illnesses.

The estimated prevalence of NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the general population in western countries is about 30%, but it is higher among obese and diabetic people. It is likely that more sophisticated approaches are required to understand its pathogenesis and to develop drug targets. In the meantime, the range of associations between NAFLD and other illnesses broadens. Although associat...

beta-casein A1, ischaemic heart disease mortality, and other illnesses.

The risk factors identified with cardiovascular disease studied in the WHO MONICA project have been shown to have a limited relationship with the coronary heart disease mortality rates between centres, and in mirroring the historical rise and decline in deaths from the disease. Here we show that correlation of the calculated consumption of the milk protein, beta-casein A1 (excluding milk protei...

Pediatric Acute Q Fever Mimics Other Common Childhood Illnesses

Knowledge of Q fever has increased over the last decades, but research has mainly focused on adults. Data in children are scarce, and current knowledge is mostly based on case reports. The aim of this study was to determine predictors for acute Q fever in children in the general population. We retrospectively studied all children tested for Coxiella burnetii by serology and/or PCR upon request ...

Whiplash injury.