objectives: balance disorder is one of the most common problems after stroke causes falling and fear of falling in some patients. the balance based video games are newly used in people with motor problems. it is very important to use different interventions for balance issues. the aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of videogame on balance and fear of falling in one participant....

Date Received: 25 September, 1997 Accepted: 12 December, 1997 Introduction Before I expose my subject, I would like to pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Brock Chisholm, first Director-General of the World Health Organization, whose memory inspired the establishment of this lecture. Those who did so obviously hoped to create a chain of inspiration leading from the root of the Organization into th...

Introduction An attack using radiation will create uncertainty, fear, and terror. Following the detonation of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) the management of acute psychological and behavioral responses will be as important as the treatment of RDD-related injuries and illnesses. Radiation is a dreaded threat, usually seen as catastrophic and fatal. Radiation is invisible, odorless and unkn...

There have been allegations in the media and in the courts that cell phones and other types of hand-held transceivers are a cause of cancer. There have also been numerous public objections to the siting of TV, radio and cell phone transmission facilities because of a fear of cancer induction. A recent publication in Radiation Research by Repacholi et al. (147, 631-640, 1997) which suggests that...

Ionizing radiation during pregnancy can negatively impact a fetus. In light of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan, we discuss existing knowledge on the health effects of radiation and preventive measures for pregnant women. Overall, the risk of exposure to radiation is limited but severe defects can result from fetal radiation exposure >100 mGy equivalent to 10 rad (>1000 chest x-ray...

introduction: one of the hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is the impaired extinction of traumatic memory. single prolonged stress (sps) has been suggested as an animal model of ptsd, since sps rats exhibited the impaired fear extinction. oxytocin (oxt) has been recently suggested as a potential pharmacotherapy for treatment of ptsd. in this study, using sps rats we inve...