(To add another layer of confusion, night terrors are sometimes referred to as sleep terrors.) As you consider these detailed descriptions of each occurrence, hopefully, you begin to recognize some of ...
Louise Martineau still remembers her state of panic as she stood three metres from the doors of the emergency department at a Quebec City hospital, unsure how she would get her husband inside.
GSK Plc and Pfizer Inc. ’s vaccines for a common respiratory virus must carry warnings that they may be tied to an increased risk of a rare neurological side effect that can lead to paralysis, the US ...
When neuromuscular blocking agents are used during critical care, they are usually used for a longer time period than when they are used during surgery. In these situations, muscle paralysis is ...
Sleep paralysis is an actual or relatively brief state of motor and sometimes verbal immobility which happens at the onset of, or during, REM sleep. During this phase, the body experiences ...
Keveyis is the therapy approved in the United States to treat hyperkalemic, hypokalemic, and related variants of primary periodic paralysis (PPP). Recorlev is a cortisol synthesis inhibitor ...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive upper and lower motor neuron degeneration, leading to muscle weakness and paralysis (Tsai ...
While emerging from sedation and paralysis, Drew was struggling to breathe, was unfamiliar with the environment and became combative. The nurse, paramedic and respiratory therapist caring for Drew ...