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) – An updated guideline from the American Academy of Neurology recommends plasmapheresis for severe relapses in multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating neurologic disorders.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Standard echocardiography will confirm or exclude a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in most children, without the need for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), clinicians from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults who are admitted to the hospital solely because of an acute bout of dizziness are three times more likely to suffer a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The most effective way to prevent a first stroke is not well established – what works for the primary prevention of myocardial infarction…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) offers advantages over plasma exchange (PLEX) for many patients with myasthenia gravis, according to a report online in the November…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hypothermia and the medications used with it can influence the common predictors of neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest, according to findings published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute migraine who find sumatriptan ineffective may have a better response to rizatriptan, according to a study reported in Cephalalgia online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – White matter (WM) hyperintensities seen on MRI brain scans correlate with gait and stability difficulties in elderly subjects, as well as with reduced…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The school performance at age 16 of children born to epileptic mothers correlates with their degree of exposure to anticonvulsant drugs in utero,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Forget those headlines from the past few years linking hypercholesterolemia in midlife to risk of dementia in old age. Data presented in the…
