A patient fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus and presenting with morbid jealousy is described. There was evidence of cerebral lupus. Her physical and mental symptoms responded to a combination of chlorpromazine and steroids. The morbid mental process was probably caused by her physical condition while the content of her disordered thought and behaviour was deter...

Description of Procedure or Service Populations Interventions Comparators Outcomes Individuals:  With a solid organ transplant Interventions of interest are:  Immune cell function assay Comparators of interest are:  Standard monitoring of immunosuppression Relevant outcomes include:  Overall survival  Test accuracy  Other test performance measures  Morbid events Individuals:  With a hem...

Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders. In addition to severe headaches, non-headache symptoms associated with migraine attacks as well as co-morbid disorders frequently aggravate the disabling of migraine patients. Some of these symptoms are related to poor outcomes. In this review, we update the advances of studies on certain non-headache symptoms, including visual disturba...

A steady rise in obesity prevalence over the last 20 years has been experienced by whole world. This trend is ominous, because morbid obesity predisposes patients to co-morbid diseases which affect nearly every organ system. These include: type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypoventilation syndrome, asthma, sleep apnea, stroke, pseudotumor cerebri, arthritis,...

The diagnosis of morbid impulse, where the intellect of the patient is little affected, involves at once questions of serious moment and considerable perplexity. On the medical decision oftentimes hangs the life of a person irresponsible for the act he has committed, or the escape of a degraded criminal justlymeriting retributive justice. Again, we may shield from public contumely females?even ...

Psychiatric illness is a known hazard after a bereavement. Though bereavement counselling is effective in preventing morbidity, patients with morbid grief reactions are more difficult to treat, and the doctor needs to be skilled in confrontative and cathartic techniques.' I report on a patient who was both bereaved and became seriously ill as a result of that bereavement. To my knowledge this i...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of death, and morbid obesity carries a significant risk of life-threatening complications such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Bariatric surgery is recognized as the only effective treatment of morbid obesity. The estimated number of bariatric operations performed in the United States in 2008 was more than 13 times the number per...