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) – Prompt treatment of subclinical and clinical seizures in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) can potentially decrease brain injury, according to a prospective trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms 3 mm or smaller in diameter is difficult and risky — but it’s successful in over 90% of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cladribine and fingolimod, the first oral agents for multiple sclerosis (MS), significantly reduce relapse rates, risks of disability progression, and disease activity, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage, hypertonic saline improves cerebral blood flow and enhances cerebral tissue oxygenation for 4 hours post-infusion, UK researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with migraine, IV prochlorperazine with diphenhydramine is more effective than subcutaneous sumatriptan, a small prospective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Just like cocaine and other drugs that increase brain dopamine levels, the dopamine agonists used to treat Parkinson disease can also produce a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that operative times are independently and directly linked to the risk of infectious complications and the length of hospital stay.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients treated with high-dose recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage face a “small increased risk of what are usually minor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is highest in the first few days, stroke risk remains elevated even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extremely few stroke patients have unsuspected coagulopathies that would prevent thrombolysis — a finding that supports the practice of starting the treatment without…
