NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients hospitalized with severe headache generally experience considerable pain relief at least some of the time when given aspirin intravenously, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with epilepsy sustain more injuries generally than do unaffected individuals, with rates of some types of injury such as head fractures being…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Epileptic seizures in children can be terminated at home just as well with intranasal midazolam as with rectal diazepam, a comparison study shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with febrile neutropenia on high doses of cefepime may be at risk for neurological toxicity, according to a study published online July…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – On a matched-pair analysis, the results of decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression were seen to be similar to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Urinary tract infections occur quite often after patients are given detrusor injections of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) to reduce bladder overactivity, so prophylactic…
Andre Machado, MD, Director, Center for Neurological Research, Cleveland Clinic, discusses deep brain stimulation, a technique that uses implantable pacemakers in the brain for treating neurological and psychiatric…
Gary Small. MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, University of California, discusses memory, and describes techniques people at any age can use to protect their brain and enhance…
Alison M. Grimes, AuD, Head, Audiology Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA, discusses cochlear implants, their indications and use. The FDA has approved cochlear implants…
Joshua Grill, PhD, Director, Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Development Program, University of California, discusses new drugs that are in development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s…