Delayed cognitive impairments in a rat model of Gulf War Illness are stimulus-dependent.

Gulf War Illness (GWI) collectively describes the multitude of central and peripheral disturbances affecting soldiers who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. While the mechanisms responsible for GWI remain elusive, the prophylactic use of the reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, pyridostigmine bromide (PB), and war-related stress have been identified as chief factors in GWI pathology. Post-deployment stress is a common challenge faced by veterans, and aberrant cholinergic and/or immune responses to these psychological stressors may play an important role in GWI pathology, especially the cognitive impairments experienced by many GWI patients.

Anti-retroviral therapy-induced status epilepticus in "pseudo-HIV serodeconversion".

Diligence in the interpretation of results is essential as information gained from the psychiatric patient's history might often be restricted. Nonobservance of established guidelines may lead to a wrong diagnosis, induce a false therapy and result in life-threatening situations. Communication errors between hospitals and doctors and uncritical acceptance of prior diagnoses add substantially to this problem.

[Problems in the handling of equipment for patients with rheumatic diseases].

Persons with rheumatic diseases in the hand-arm-system are hindered to use requisits in their daily activities, because they can only fulfill grasping and holding functions with great difficulties and pain. A substancial point in this analysis takes the questions of existing knowledge and experiences in ergonomics and medical therapy concerning design criteria for service equipment in the sense of joint protection and prevention. A confrontation and examples show that important design criteria for service equipment are contradicting themselves and that for planning and designing requisits of daily use and work it is necessary to develop directions for prophylactic joint protection.