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…
Michael Banks from The Doctor’s Channel talks to CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about balancing a medical career and life in the media. Sponsored by The…
Kim Hunter-Schaedle, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, discusses the role of the CTF in education and research of neurofibromatosis, a disorder of tumor suppressors.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The “ABCD” rule for predicting stroke following a first transient ischemic attack (TIA) can be used by emergency physicians to decide which patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercises involving the tongue and soft palate may reduce the severity and symptoms of moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleep specialists report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a study using a special MRI technique suggest that treatment with high-dose atorvastatin can reduce inflammation in carotid artery plaques,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of “real-world” clinical data suggests that treatment with vitamin E and anti-inflammatory drugs may provide long-term benefits in slowing decline in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of the sphenopalatine ganglion is an effective treatment for patients with chronic cluster headaches who fail standard drug therapy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Quantitative measurements of skin elasticity is a “highly promising” non-invasive biomechanical biomarker for detecting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and predicting disease progression, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many patients who undergo deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson’s disease become overweight or obese, according to the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early postnatal magnesium sulfate infusions are neuroprotective in term infants with severe perinatal asphyxia, according to a prospective trial conducted in India and…
