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) – A study of Vietnam War era veterans shows that exposure to Agent Orange is associated with a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to increase the long-term mortality rate in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Once elderly patients are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, ethnicity and comorbidity appear to affect survival, investigators report in the November 4 issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a treatment for early multiple sclerosis, alemtuzumab, an antibody that targets CD52 on lymphocytes and monocytes, is more effective than interferon beta-1a,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Encephalitis caused by human herpesviruses may trigger acute retinal necrosis, even years after the initial illness, Dutch investigators report in the October 14…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), migraine relief may occur despite residual right-to-left shunt, researchers report in the October 1st…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Detection of JC virus, an important cause of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunosuppressed patients, is not a good predictor of PML risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients aged 75 years and older with brain metastases respond about as well as younger patients to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), according to a…
