Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) involves neurological symptoms arising from brain network changes rather than structural damage, often described as a “software” issue rather than a “hardware” problem. Symptoms…
Pompe disease is a progressive, life-threatening genetic neuromuscular disorder. Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD), affecting individuals over one year old, leads to trunk and proximal muscle weakness, often impacting…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to traditional thinking, endarterectomy for carotid stenosis can be performed safely in patients with a history of cervical radiation therapy, and carotid…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A direct comparison of four agents as monotherapy in drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes shows that exenatide once-weekly, metformin, and pioglitazone provide…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Silent embolic cerebral infarctions occur in about 1 in 6 patients after undergoing coronary angiography, and the risk is related to the degree…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While observational data indicate that closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is better than medical therapy in preventing stroke recurrence, the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lowering blood pressure in patients with prehypertensive blood pressure significantly reduces the risk of stroke, according the results of a meta-analysis reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers who systematically reviewed 35 protocols to screen for swallowing difficulties after acute stroke found only four that met basic requirements for reliability,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In general, warfarin anticoagulation is beneficial in septuagenarians with atrial fibrillation, researchers report in a November 28th on-line paper in the American Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin therapy before and during acute ischemic stroke hospitalization is associated with improved poststroke survival, and going off statin therapy in the hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass surgery provides no added benefit over best medical therapy for preventing recurrent stroke in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic internal carotid…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thoracoscopic unilateral extended thymectomy (TUET) is “the best treatment option” for patients undergoing surgery for nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis, clinicians from Romania conclude in…
