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) – Prophylactic, catheter-based normothermia reduces fever burden in neurointensive care unit patients with severe cerebrovascular disease, according to a report in the December Stroke.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms significantly reduces angiographic recurrence, new research shows. But using stents also increases the risk of permanent neurologic complications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Full assessment of carotid artery plaques requires more than one imaging modality, say researchers from the Netherlands. “Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-flow inhaled oxygen is an effective treatment for cluster headache attacks, investigators said in the Journal of the American Medical Association for December…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) provides no benefit after acute ischemic stroke, and may even be dangerous, particularly in patients receiving systemic thrombolysis. These…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ultrasound is a reliable means of screening for tethered cord syndrome in infants with dorsal midline skin stigmata, new research shows. However, such…
Ian A Cook, MD, Director, Unipolar Depression Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses a new depression treatment using gentle brain stimulation called TMS, or transcranial magnetic…
Ian A Cook, MD, Director, Unipolar Depression Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses a new depression treatment using gentle brain stimulation and TMS, or transcranial magnetic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients given phenytoin after an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have more fevers while hospitalized and worse functional outcomes at 3 months, according to investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients receiving glucocorticoids for inflammatory diseases, adverse events are very common, even at low to medium doses, according to a meta-analysis by…
