Neurology
Federal budget grants $1.8 billion to Alzheimer’s and dementia research
Congress has appropriated an additional $414 million for research into Alzheimer’s disease and other ...
ciTBI uncommon in minor head injuries with isolated vomiting
FROM PEDIATRICS Clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) is uncommon in children with minor ...
Frankincense extract may reduce disease activity in relapsing-remitting MS
FROM Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry A standardized frankincense extract was safe, well ...
Office-based screen predicts dementia in Parkinson’s disease
FROM JAMA NEUROLOGY A simple, office-based screening tool was at least as effective as ...
In utero exposure to valproate and other AEDs linked to low test scores
FROM THE JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY & PSYCHIATRY In utero exposure to some antiepileptic ...
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s could save U.S. trillions over time
Alzheimer’s disease may cost the United States alone more than $1.3 trillion by 2050, ...
Siponimod trial ‘first’ to show delayed disability in secondary progressive MS
FROM THE LANCET Phase 3 data with siponimod, Novartis’ investigational treatment for multiple sclerosis, ...
FDA approves subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment for CIDP
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Hizentra as the first subcutaneously administered human ...
MRI finds PML in some natalizumab-treated patients despite negative CSF, no symptoms
FROM JAMA NEUROLOGY Some multiple sclerosis patients who are treated with natalizumab can have ...
Early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke
Significant changes have occurred in the updated American Heart Association Stroke Council’s recommendations for ...
Office staff cohesiveness remains important
Recently, a lawyer and I were on the phone about a case, and he ...
Variants in one gene account for 7% of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy cases
FROM NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE An extremely rare genetic variant that affects the ...
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Alcohol dependence may accelerate aging, frontal cortical deficits
FROM JAMA PSYCHIATRY Alcoholism compounds age-associated volume deficits in the frontal cortex, independent of ...
