Quinupristin/Dalfopristin-induced Sweet`s Syndrome

Stars, Swatches, and Sweets

Architects tend to refer to themselves as visual people. Though we often employ this as an excuse for our poor writing skills, it also points out our fascination with visual information, our interest in making sense out of visual relation­ ships and our love for making things that are under­ stood largely in visual, as well as visceral, terms. Lately however—perhaps because I have been writing ...

Sweets, chocolate, and atypical depressive traits.

An original questionnaire, the Foods and Moods Inventory (FMI) was used to investigate appetite for sweets and chocolate and its relationship to dysphoric mood. The FMI was administered to a group of subjects with an identified interest in chocolate (chocolate group, N = 73), a comparison sample (comparison group, N = 172), and a sample of former alcoholics (N = 22). Those who reported "self-me...

Organophosphorus Compound Induced 'Intermediate Syndrome'

Olanzapine-Induced Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but life-threatening idiosyncratic side effect resulting from neuroleptic drugs. NMS mainly occurs in patients treated with high-potency typical antipsychotics, but rarely caused by atypical antipsychotics. Although NMS is less common with atypical antipsychotic, but it seems that its incidence is rising due to increased administration of such drug...

Why do sweets fatten our livers?

In recent years, the search for lifestyle changes that will slow the obesity epidemic and its adverse sequelae has turned to dietary sugar. A substantial number of calories come from beverages and desserts made with sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup, which are absorbed as a mixture of glucose and fructose. But apart from weight gain from excess sweet calories, what are the specific metabolic ...