Medical Fiction: Darko and Toaster Tim – A Dance With the Devil
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Neurology Newsletter
Pregnancy Delays Onset of MS Symptoms
Median delay of CIS was more than 3 years Multiple Sclerosis is often diagnosed in women of childbearing age, which is why pregnancy and MS is an ongoing clinical concern. This report, which was first published Sept. 14, looks...
MS Disease Activity Increases with Number of Comorbidities
Comorbidities common and influenced outcomes, including relapses Patients with relapsing remitting...
Investigational ALS Treatment Shows Benefit Over Placebo
Patients in sodium phenylbutyrate-taurursodiol arm had about 25% less mean monthly decline...
Pregnancy Planning Put on Hold For Many Women with Migraine
1 in 5 women are concerned migraine will worsen and/or affect pregnancy outcomes Nearly one in...
Smokers Have Increased Mortality Risk From Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Finnish twin study data makes strong case for causal role Analysis of data from a large Finnish...
Light Therapy Safe in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
Trial shows LLLT affects the brain in a measurable way Transcranial near-infrared low-level light...
Real World Study—Nusinersen Benefits Adults with SMA3
SMA2 adult patients also show trend toward improvement Adults treated for spinal muscular atrophy...
ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS: Advantages Seen for Ozanimod over Teriflunomide
Safety modeling favors ozanimod Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis appear to have fewer...
VA Study: Dementia Diagnoses Vary by Race After Brain Injury
White veterans at greatest risk for dementia diagnoses following TBI A study of U.S. Veterans...
Exposure to Football from Childhood Onward Not Related to Short-Term Concussion Recovery
But acute symptom severity may be linked to worse short-term outcomes Length of exposure to...
TBI Outcomes No Different With Pre-Hospital Tranexamic Acid
But further study in subgroups may be warranted Administering the anti-fibrinolytic agent...
