Brien Smith, MD, Board Chair, Epilepsy Foundation, discusses his lifelong struggle with epilepsy and his rise to becoming Chief of Neurology for the Spectrum Health Medical Group and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with Alzheimer’s disease, prophylactic treatment with divalproex sodium does not delay the emergence of agitation or psychosis, or slow the progression…
Anthony Geraci, MD, Founder and President, neurOasis, provides an overview of the various treatments for migraine, including a class of medication called triptans and a new drug technology…
Anthony Geraci, MD, Founder and President, neurOasis, discusses the prevalence and hallmarks of migraines and what doctors and patients need to know when diagnosing the condition. A key…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of isolated diastolic hypertension in patients with cerebrovascular disease protects against major vascular events, according to results from the PROGRESS trial. “For…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When added to whole-brain irradiation, radiosurgery is preferable to neurosurgical resection for treating cancer patients with a single metastasis to the brain, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 4-year placebo-controlled trial of alpha-lipoic acid to treat diabetes-related polyneuropathy produced no improvement in the study’s composite endpoint, but there were clinically…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), combination antithrombotic therapy with an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet increases the risk for clinically relevant bleeding with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids with minor blunt head trauma generally don’t need to be kept for observation after their first computed tomography (CT) scan comes back…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who have a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) inserted before their 5th birthday have more than a six-fold increased risk of inguinal hernia, according…