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Genetics Home Reference: capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome by nih.gov Posted Tue 09 Aug 2011 1:05pm (often shortened to CM-AVM) On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Treatment Additional information Other names Glossary definitions Reviewed August 2011 What is CM-AVM? Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation ... Read on »

Arteriovenous Malformation FAQs by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 14 Nov 2011 10:16am Arteriovenous malformations are a relatively rare vascularRelating to blood vessels. condition but are responsible for approximately 2% of strokes. This article discusses the risks of arteriovenous malformations alongside their diagnosisThe process of determining which condition a pat ... Read on »

The link between stroke and Arteriovenous Malformations by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 14 Dec 2011 3:25am Arteriovenous Malformations' (AVMs) expert and Consultant Neurosurgeon, Mr Christos Tolias describes how AVMs can occur anywhere in the brain and spinal cord. Brain AVMs can occur on the surface (cortical), deep (in the thalamus, basal ganglia, or brainstemThe lowest part of the brain, connecting it with the spin ... Read on »

Stroke 101 by Anthony R. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 4:22pm Cerebrovascular disease or stroke is the loss or alteration of body functions that results from an insufficient supply of blood to some parts of the brain. For human brain to function at peak levels, blood must flow through its many vessels. If the blood flow is obstructed for more than several minutes, injury to the brain cells becomes permane ... Read on »

Genetics Home Reference: Parkes Weber syndrome by nih.gov Posted Tue 09 Aug 2011 1:05pm On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Treatment Additional information Other names Glossary definitions Reviewed August 2011 What is Parkes Weber syndrome? Parkes Weber syndrome is a disorder of the vascular system, which ... Read on »

If there are 22,000 illness’s in this world I should technically be thankful even if I had just ten of them. by Lexie Posted Wed 18 Jan 2012 8:11pm Here are just the psychiatrist disorders we have discovered. For full affect, scroll quickly with head tilted back and eyes widened to incredibly height. A few gasps here and there would be helpful. Anxiety Disorders 309.9 Adjustment Disorder Unspecified Adjustment Disorders 309.24 Adj ... Read on »

What can modern neurosurgery treatments be used for? by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 30 Jan 2012 6:32am This article provides a comprehensive overview of the variety of ways in which modern neurosurgery treatments can be used to treat epilepsyA tendency to have recurrent seizures., movement disorders and pain. The aim of neurosurgery has always been to gain the maxim ... Read on »

Thalidomide for angiodysplasia by Mark Levin Posted Mon 21 Dec 2009 1:41pm Angiodysplasia is the most common vascular lesion of the gastrointestinal tract, and this condition commonly causes gastrointestinal bleeding because the vessels are thin and easily bleed. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an angiogenic peptide that is secreted in response to hypoxia, stimulates proliferation of vascular endothelial ... Read on »

Thalidomide for angiodysplasia by Mark Levin Posted Mon 02 Aug 2010 6:06pm Angiodysplasias are the cause of GI bleeding in 3–6% of all patients and a common cause of beeeding in the elderly. Thalidomide uas been reproted in a number of case reports qnd case series to reduce the angiodysplasias and GI bleeding. However no prospective studies have been done. The drug is now in a clinical trial: Thalidomide Reduces Ar ... Read on »

DEAR MORPHINE ADDICT! by Calvin B. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 21 Oct 2008 12:43am [This is a fake letter to me -- one I would receive if I moved from here to DC, had MS (I gave myself a more well-established disorder/disease to put too-fine-a-point on the idiocy I have to deal with), and was treated the way I am being treated by the folks at at Quack Pain Clinic (I didn't want to call it a pain management clinic for ob ... Read on »