Tag Archives: neurology
One in three children with MS has cognitive impairment
Feb. 5, 2013 Data from the largest multicenter study accessing cognitive functioning in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairment, according to a research paper published in the Journal of Child Neurology. Led by Lauren B
Exposure to antiepileptic drug in womb linked to autism risk
Jan. 30, 2013 Children whose mothers take the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, suggests a small study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Obesity may increase risk of multiple sclerosis in children and teens
Jan. 30, 2013 Being obese may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and teenage girls, according to new research published in the January 30, 2013, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology
Cardiac disease linked to higher risk of mental impairment
Jan. 28, 2013 Cardiac disease is associated with increased risk of mild cognitive impairment such as problems with language, thinking and judgment — particularly among women with heart disease, a Mayo Clinic study shows
Guidelines for brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer’s
Jan. 28, 2013 Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test.
Guidelines for brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer’s
Jan. 28, 2013 Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET).
Science needs a second opinion: Researchers find flaws in study of patients in ‘vegetative state’
Jan. 24, 2013 A team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College is calling into question the published statistics, methods and findings of a highly publicized research study that claimed bedside electroencephalography (EEG) identified evidence of awareness in three patients diagnosed to be in a vegetative state. The new reanalysis study led by Weill Cornell neurologists Drs
Right target, but missing the bulls-eye for Alzheimer’s
Jan. 23, 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as the amyloid-beta protein, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons.
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