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Study shows long-term efficacy of erenumab for chronic migraine
A 52-week open label extension of a previous 12-week double-blind treatment study showed sustained efficacy and safety of erenumab for the treatment of chronic...
16 hours ago - Healio
Evaluation of Patients With Febrile Seizure: Risk Factors, Reccurence, Treatment and Prognosis
Introduction Febrile convulsion is the most common neurological disorder in childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for recurrence and the...
23 hours ago - Pediatric Emergency Care - 2 articles
New method of stroke treatment led to better patient care
A new method of evaluating and prioritizing treatment for patients with suspected acute stroke, which has been used by the Stockholm health authority since 2017, has led to...
1 day ago - News Medical
Neurologic Symptoms and COVID-19: What's Known, What Isn't
Some patients with COVID-19 are also presenting with neurologic disorders, including encephalopathy, stroke, Guillain-Barre syndrome and more. What it means, however, is at...
1 day ago - Web MD - 3 articles
PPE-associated headaches increase among health care workers amid COVID-19
Prolonged use of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic such as N95 masks and protective eyewear was shown to cause or exacerbate headache among health care...
2 days ago - Healio - 4 articles
Neurologic Symptoms of COVID-19: Encephalopathy, Ataxia, and More
Title: Neurologic Symptoms of COVID-19: Encephalopathy, Ataxia, and More Category: Health News Created: 4/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/6/2020 12:00:00 AM
2 days ago - Medicine Net - 6 articles
Can a Parent Refuse the Brain Death Examination?
The American Academy of Neurology believes that doctors have the right to do tests to evaluate whether a patient is brain dead even if the family does not consent. They argue...
2 days ago - AAP Publications
Alzheimer's disease: high amyloid levels linked to early disease
A new study published in the journal JAMA Neurology in April 2020 seems to indicate that higher brain amyloid levels represent early Alzheimer's disease .
2 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
A Neurologist Over 60 Looks at COVID-19
Dr Andrew Wilner on how he and his county hospital have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. Medscape Neurology
2 days ago - Medscape - 6 articles
Study suggests targeted cancer therapy could help with rare neurologic disease
A targeted therapy currently studied for treatment of certain cancers may be beneficial in treating other neurologic diseases.
2 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
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Women's Lifestyle Changes, Even in Middle Age, may Decrease Future Stroke Risk
Middle age may not be too late for women to reduce their stroke risk by substantially changing their lifestyle, reports a new study.
Karnataka Registers 6th COVID-19 Death
Coronavirus has yet taken another life in Karnataka. It's the sixth recorded death owing to Covid-19 and positive cases rose by 10 to 191.
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Dental practices across the UK have been closed to patients since March 20 in order to limit the spread of the life-threatening disease, leaving patients with nowhere to go.
Global COVID-19 Cases Exceed 1.5 Million
Global confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 1.5 million on Wednesday afternoon local time, reports Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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New "off-the-shelf" artificial cardiac patch can deliver cardiac cell-derived healing factors directly to the site of heart attack injury and improve recovery.
Some young people may fall severely ill with coronavirus due to their DNA
Dr Jean-Laurent Casanova of Rockefeller University thinks that these rare, young patients who fall so desperately, seemingly at random, may have invisible risk factors, called...
Research studies near-death experiences: Almost 300 participants report...
One in 10 people have reported a near-death experience, or NDE, new research says. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and other European...
My 4-Year-Old Was Hospitalized With COVID-19
When I started Mighty Littles, I never intended to write about my children being in the hospital. I planned to write about the resiliency I see in parents in the NICU , how...