Status epilepticus is a life threatening neurological emergency. In persons with status epilepticus, if administration of a benzodiazepine and at least one antiepileptic drug has failed then management protocols for refractory status epilepticus should be put into effect. The article summarises the causes, effects, pathophysiology and treatment protocols for refractory status epilepticus.The co...

Introduction: The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor copanlisib was approved for use in the US 2017 as monotherapy patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) who have progressed after ≥2 therapies based on results from Phase II CHRONOS-1 study or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin (iNHL) (Dreyling et al. J Clin Oncol 2017). Here, we describe efficacy and safety data at 6-year follow-up. ...

The traditional classification of the four states of consciousness waking stae, dream state, sleep state and transcendence state is combined through quantum states of mind ordinary perception, extra sensory perception and extra-ordinary perception to create a 12 state consciousness perception matrix. The paper elaborates on the concept and nature of the three quantum states of mind, their corre...

METICILLIN-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important zoonosis that has increased in prevalence over the past decade, with up to 2 per cent of human beings acting as carriers, posing a risk to incontact animals (Tattevin and others 2009, Loeffler and Lloyd 2010, Couto and others 2011). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis has been used to separate MRSA strains into community-associated ...

This article offers insight into the causes and nature of schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness, and describes practical ways Yoga can be integrated as an aspect of treatment. Yoga offers a safe, effective intervention to address both the physiological and psychological stress prevalent in this population. With a practice grounded in the movement of the breath, Yoga can create a sense of comm...