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...Zinner: West Nile encephalitis looks a lot like any other encephalitis: Infection and inflammation in the brain leads to headache, fever, confusion, maybe seizures. In the worst cases, it can lead to coma or death...
...while on neurosurgery call, I received a particularly disturbing page. "A 22-year-old woman is in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the head," my chief resident told me. "Oh, and it looks self-inflicted," he added. The woman, a recent college grad, was in a coma and starting to show signs of brain death. I knew that an immediate operation was her best chance for survival. Over the next several hours, we worked feverishly to preserve the life she had tried to throw away...
...said at a tournament last week. "With my time schedule, I'd have to have a small role, but I'd like the movie to be all about me, so maybe I can get hurt in the beginning of the movie and I can just stay in a coma until...
...laxatives that can cause skin rashes, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome. "I've encountered women who are taking diuretics without being aware of it," says Dr. Lee. "They lose water and with it, potassium and other vital body-regulating electrolytes." Reduced potassium can cause an irregular heartbeat, even coma. "What can be O.K. for a month can cause serious damage over the long term," says Professor Leung Ping-chung, chairman of the Institute of Chinese Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He performed a recent study of 15 diet pills available in Hong Kong and found the packaging...
...doctor. But long-term users of Alprax?and of other tranquilizers containing benzodiazepine, the drug's active ingredient?can become dependent, hooked on the placid calm it imparts and needing to take it more frequently to maintain this chemical serenity. When taken in high doses or along with alcohol, coma or even death can be the result. "It is a good drug and I prescribe it to patients who display stress symptoms, but there are clear rules about dosage," says New Delhi general practitioner Dr. S. K. Vohra. "The trouble is that many chemists sell it without prescriptions...