Boost your Brain Power
You might be keeping your body reasonably fit, but how often are you giving your brain a good workout?
Read about snoring and sleep apnoea
Dr Kevin Rosman is a neurologist at Mediclinic Morningside and has been specialising in sleep medicine for the past 20 years.
Don’t forget… to be forgetful
Having an excellent memory is considered a valuable asset. But new research suggests the ability to forget is just as important and can contribute significantly to our mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
Getting your head around migraines
Most researchers think that migraine headaches are due to abnormal changes in levels of substances produced naturally in the brain.
Conquering epilepsy
There are different types of seizures, including epileptic seizures and non-epileptic seizures. The latter are usually caused by emotional or psychological distress. Occasionally, reduced blood flow to the brain may cause neurological events (‘faints’) that resemble epileptic seizures. A blocked artery to the brainstem or ‘mini-strokes’ (transient ischaemic attacks) may also cause episodes that resemble epileptic seizures.
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Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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Our corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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Mediclinic is one of the three leading private hospital groups in Southern Africa and the sixth largest private healthcare group in the world.
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A baby has a 70% better chance of surviving a motor vehicle accident if in a secure car seat and properly restrained.
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Some of our hospitals have operating tables that can support patients of up to 370kg in weight and 2.2m in height.
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We use the internationally recognised Oxford Vermont Network to keep our neonatal critical care units at the forefront of paediatric medicine.
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We found a practical solution to a shortage of theatre nurses by becoming a registered teaching institution.
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Scrub areas in theatre are a minimum of 2.1m wide to accommodate at least two people at a time.
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Nurses can observe patients at all times as critical care units are designed like a beehive with the nurses’ station in the middle.
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Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
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Understanding seizures
A seizure would have made you pass out, or move or behave in an unusual way, as it’s the result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Most seizures last only a few seconds or minutes and are typically associated with epilepsy, but not everyone who has had a seizure has epilepsy.
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