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insomnia
insomnia abnormal wakefulness or inability to sleep . The condition may result from illness or physical discomfort, or it may be caused by stimulants such as coffee or drugs. However, frequently some psychological factor, such as worry or tension, is the cause. Mild insomnia may often be relieved ... Read more
pinworm
pinworm roundworm, Enterobius vermicularis, worldwide in distribution and the most common source of worm infestation of humans in the United States. Children are more commonly infested than adults. Adult pinworms inhabit and mate in the cecum of the large intestine and adjacent areas. When mature... Read more
sleeping pill
sleeping pill a pill containing medication that induces sleep. Benzodiazepines such as temazepam (Restoril) and triazolam (Halcion) have for the most part replaced barbiturates as drugs of choice for insomnia. Imidaopyridines, such as zolpidem tartrate, are also sometimes used for short-term tr... Read more
alcoholism
alcoholism disease characterized by impaired control over the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholism is a serious problem worldwide; in the United States the wide availability of alcoholic beverages makes alcohol the most accessible drug, and alcoholism is the most prevalent of the nation'... Read more
pepper
pepper name for the fruits of several unrelated Old and New World plants used as spices or vegetables or in medicine. Old World (True) Peppers Black pepper ( Piper nigrum ), the true pepper, is economically the most important species of the pantropical pepper family (Piperaceae). It is ... Read more
benzodiazepine
benzodiazepine , any of a class of drugs prescribed for their tranquilizing, antianxiety, sedative, and muscle-relaxing effects. Benzodiazepines are also prescribed for epilepsy and alcohol withdrawal. Introduced in the early 1960s with chlordiazepoxide (Librium), benzodiazepines were heralded as a ... Read more
caffeine
caffeine , odorless, slightly bitter alkaloid found in coffee , tea , kola nuts (see cola ), ilex plants (the source of the Latin American drink maté ), and, in small amounts, in cocoa (see cacao ). It can also be prepared synthetically from uric acid . While relatively harmless, it is ... Read more
ephedrine
ephedrine , drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta ), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma. Unlike epinephrine , to which it is chemically similar, ephedrine is slow to take effect and of mild potency and long duration. A bronchodilator... Read more
Al Pacino
Al Pacino (Alberto Pacino) , 1940-, American actor, b. New York City, studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the Actors Studio, New York City. Known for his intense, finely tuned performances, he achieved his first successes on the New York stage, winning an Obie for his work in the off-Broadwa... Read more
James Thomson
James Thomson 1834-82, Scottish poet and essayist. He is remembered for his darkly pessimistic poem The City of Dreadful Night. He was raised in an orphan asylum and became (1851) an army teacher at Ballincollig, Ireland. In 1862 he was dismissed from the service for a very minor offense, became ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "fatal familial insomnia"

fatal familial insomnia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing fatal familial insomnia ( fay -t'l) n. an autosomal dominant disorder due to a mutation in the...spongiform encephalopathy. Patients present with intractable progressive insomnia, disturbances of the autonomic nervous system, and eventually dementia... Read more
insomnia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing insomnia (in- som -niă) n. inability to fall asleep or to remain asleep for an adequate length of time. Insomnia may be associated with physical disease or depression, but is more often caused by worry. See also fatal familial insomnia . Read more

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Fatal Familial Insomnia.(Poem)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 11/1/2006; ; 122 words ; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA My family has a secret aside the usual agog whispers of black sheep and the black dog it is the secret of insomnia that leads to the grave no-one knows when it will fall neither daughters... Read more
The Family That Couldn't Sleep.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Bookmarks; 1/1/2007; 574 words ; ...exhibited a strange form of insomnia that led to exhaustion, suffering...finally recognized to be fatal familial insomnia (FFI), a rare genetic form...larger story about other fatal diseases caused by prions...us what happens when the insomnia isn't ordinary and doesn... Read more
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; office-based surgery accreditation; new cancer probe; patients' jewelry.
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Disease, an infectious, degenerative, and fatal disease of the central nervous system...Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker syndrome, and familial insomnia syndrome. Recently, a fourth type of...months. Again, the disease is always fatal.(6) According to the Centers for Disease...States. ... Read more
Prion Diseases--An Evidence-based Protocol for Infection Control.
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Prion diseases are fatal, infectious, neurodegenerative...syndrome (GSS), * fatal familial insomnia (FFI), and * Creutzfeldt-Jak...syndrome Inherited Fatal familial insomnia Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jak...disease is always fatal. Kuru, the most notorious... Read more
Max, D.T. The family that couldn't sleep; a medical mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 5/1/2007; ; 201 words ; ...heat, radiation, and other treatments. Prion diseases can be inherited, as in fatal familial insomnia (the Italian family that couldn't sleep): they include other fatal neurological disorders such as Mad Cow and scrapies. Gardner's narration is... Read more
Investigating prion diseases on the Internet.
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, kuru, fatal familial insomnia; cattle, bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE...that are prevalent in humans. Prion diseases are fatal; the types, transmission, and prevention causes concern... Read more
Signs and symptoms of scrapie.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 5/1/2001; 700+ words ; Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of...Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, Gerstmann Straussler Scheinker syndrome, and fatal familial insomnia, five rare diseases in humans. TSEs have also been reported in... Read more
Guidelines Set for Substituting Transplant Medications.(includes home-study quiz)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 5/1/1999; 700+ words ; ...diseases are neither fatal nor infectious. a...syndrome (GSS). d. fatal familial insomnia (FFI). e. all of the...Prion disease is always fatal even though the neurological...billion 17. Fatal familial insomnia affects the thalamus... Read more
Levels of abnormal prion protein in deer and elk with chronic wasting disease.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...heritable but extremely rare forms of TSE are found, most notably, Gerstmann-Straussler-Schienker syndrome (GSS) and fatal familial insomnia. CWD, like other TSE diseases, is characterized by the accumulation in neural tissues of an abnormal disease... Read more