People who care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease are suffering from anxiety, depression and “burnout” and need more support. Dr Harry Horgan, a clinical psychologist at the German Neuroscience Centre in Dubai, said the true extent of the stress placed on people who tend to loved ones round the clock is only now being realised.
Have you ever felt general muscle weakness after performing some activity that only goes away after a few minutes of rest? If you have, then there is a chance that you may have a condition referred to as myasthenia gravis. Of course, engaging in a strenuous activity comes with the guarantee of exhaustion, but when
The nervous system is an intricate system in the body that controls a wide array of bodily functions, including regulating breathing, muscle control as well as sensing both heat and cold. This system consists of autonomic, sensory, and motor nerves as the primary category of nerves controlling specific functions and activities. While the autonomic nerves
It’s never easy to lose someone close to you – but the grief can threaten to swallow you whole if the person in question is your child. “Studies show that the process of grieving a child is more intense and takes longer than losing a significant other loved one. Grieving a child may seem like
Rarely is there any discussion that touches on epilepsy that doesn’t involve seizures. Seizures can signal the presence of many underlying neurological conditions. When seizures signal the presence of epilepsy, a number of other serious conditions may arise, key of which is status epilepticus or status epilepsy. Status epilepticus is not the common epilepsy. It
More often than not, epilepsy usually goes hand-in-hand with seizures. But the connection between seizures and epilepsy isn’t as clear-cut as people usually make it. Most times, seizures don’t translate to an exact case of epilepsy, which then goes to mean that seizures can be a manifestation as a result of some other underlying condition.
A reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, asks: I’ve been told my entire life by non-professionals that I have ADHD. I tend to twitch a lot and have difficulty staying focused when talking to people. Also, I’ve been told I can’t read social cues. It bothers me, because these words come from people I love.
A reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, asks: Hi, I heard about a tragic story the other day, but because of the way in which it was told, I burst out laughing. The person at the receiving end was not amused. It got me thinking about other times when unwittingly I’ve laughed at funerals, and
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is considered to be a major mental health issue that affects as many as 300 million people globally. As per WHO, some primary symptoms of depression include intense sadness, a lack of interest in activities a person enjoyed doing in the past, sleep troubles, an excessive or
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