Check out our comprehensive coverage of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.
Congress is looking for a long-term solution for how to pay doctors under Medicare but they're standing in... »
Proposed DSM-5 criteria for sleep-wake disorders include dropping the DSM-IV's "primary insomnia" diagnosis in favor of "insomnia disorder," and decreasing use of the term "not otherwise specified," said Dr. Charles F. Reynolds III.
NEW ORLEANS – Women with epilepsy appear to have a significantly greater number of unintended pregnancies than does the... »
Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder Reduces Irritability: Social withdrawal and irritability symptoms decreased significantly for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in an 8-week, open-label multicenter study, Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele says.
BETHESDA, MD. – The first-ever primary prevention trial for Alzheimer’s disease will investigate whether immunotherapy... »
The risk of developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy from natalizumab therapy appears to be greater than... »
BETHESDA, MD. – A new plan marshals the forces of funding, research, and education to fight the battle against... »
NEW ORLEANS – The total defined daily dose of antiepileptic drugs was the best predictor of medication side effects in... »
The Food and Drug Administration reviewed new drug applications significantly faster, and approved more new drugs first,... »
SAN DIEGO – A majority of clinicians still lack a qualified electronic health records system and are therefore ineligible... »
NEW ORLEANS – Like many other specialties – particularly cognitive specialties – neurology is under pressure to figure out... »
Hospitals will now have option of including advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists as part of the... »
SAN DIEGO – Inpatients who most strongly preferred to leave medical decisions to their doctors were discharged a third of a... »
Patients with an apparent first demyelinating event who are treated early with subcutaneous interferon beta-1a experience a... »
NEW ORLEANS – The extra time needed for CT perfusion imaging in patients with an acute ischemic stroke may not be warranted,... »
NEW ORLEANS – Nearly half of adult Americans who self-reported a history of stroke also had poorly-controlled hypertension,... »
BALTIMORE – The risk for children with febrile seizures to develop epilepsy decreased with time in an analysis of the... »
BALTIMORE – In utero exposure to valproate appears to increase the risk of significant adverse effects on fetal brain... »
Health officials are encouraging doctors who support the health law to help save it. By telling patients about how the... »
A point/counterpoint from Dr. Donald I. Abrams and Jodie Trafton, Ph.D. »
Okay, we admit it – even we are becoming a bit jaded with all of the attention being paid to meaningful use. So we thought... »
There is a neurophysiological noise in all of our heads that is only somewhat modified by the sights, sounds, and other... »
The history of modern medicine in America is said to have begun when the pilgrims arrived here from England.
There were... »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you likely saw the New England Journal of Medicine paper last fall on the SAMMPRIS... »
A mathematical model that estimates intracranial pressure using measurements of arterial blood pressure and middle cerebral... »
The rich tradition of Jewish involvement in the medical profession is the subject of an exhibit now showing at New York’s... »
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