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 multiple sclerosis are likely to have worsening disease than those with fewer comorbities, according to researchers at Washington...
Investigational ALS Treatment Shows Benefit Over Placebo
Patients in sodium phenylbutyrate-taurursodiol arm had about 25% less mean monthly decline Development of effective treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been slow, which makes reports of potential therapies always...
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 five women who suffer from chronic migraine avoid pregnancy because of that condition, researchers found.In their observational study...
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 twin study provides “strong evidence” that smoking plays a causal role in fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage.Using a...
Light Therapy Safe in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
Trial shows LLLT affects the brain in a measurable way Transcranial near-infrared low-level light therapy (LLLT) after moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) was safe and demonstrated neuroreactivity, a randomized clinical trial...
Real World Study—Nusinersen Benefits Adults with SMA3
SMA2 adult patients also show trend toward improvement Adults treated for spinal muscular atrophy type 3 (SMA3) with nusinersen (Spinraza) showed significant functional improvement, and those with spinal muscular atrophy type 2...
ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS: Advantages Seen for Ozanimod over Teriflunomide
Safety modeling favors ozanimod Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis appear to have fewer relapses and fewer side effects when treated with ozanimod rather than teriflunomide, reported researchers who applied a...
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 Health Administration (VHA) data found race- and sex-based differences in the relationship between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and...
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 football from childhood had no effect on short-term recovery measures after concussion, a study of NCAA football players found.In...
TBI Outcomes No Different With Pre-Hospital Tranexamic Acid
But further study in subgroups may be warranted Administering the anti-fibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid before traumatic brain injury patients reach the hospital did not improve 6-month outcomes in patients with...
