Articles Tagged With: encephalopathy
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Adverse Neurological Events from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the natural history of many metastatic cancers and now are widely used. However, the activation of killer T-cells also has caused serious, often fatal complications from the treatment. The central nervous system is a common victim of these complications.
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Cumulative Number of Head Strikes Contributes to the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Researchers recently evaluated the connection between head impact and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in male athletes. They found the total number and severity of head impacts throughout life better predicted CTE than the number of symptomatic concussions.
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Neuropathology and Dementia in Football Players With CTE
The authors of a cross-sectional study involving analysis of data from the ongoing Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) study found that dementia is likely a result of neuropathologic changes associated with repetitive head injury as well as non-head trauma-associated vascular pathologic changes in patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
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Effects of Probiotics on Cognition and Fall Risk in Patients With Cirrhosis
Patients with cirrhosis and mild cognitive impairment and falls were randomized to a probiotic formulation vs. placebo. Probiotic treatment improved cognitive outcomes and reduced the risk of falls.
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Effects of Probiotics on Cognition and Falls Risk in Patients With Cirrhosis
Patients with cirrhosis and mild cognitive impairment and falls were randomized to a probiotic formulation vs. placebo. Probiotic treatment improved cognitive outcomes and reduced the risk of falls.
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Effects of Probiotics on Cognition and Fall Risk in Patients With Cirrhosis
Patients with cirrhosis and mild cognitive impairment and falls were randomized to a probiotic formulation vs. placebo. Probiotic treatment improved cognitive outcomes and reduced the risk of falls.
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Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Vaccines — Evidence Fails to Support a Link
A comprehensive, independent review of 10 years of all cases in the United States of seizures and encephalopathy reported as linked to vaccination showed that approximately one-quarter of cases had evidence of a pre-existing neurologic abnormality. Among those who developed chronic epilepsy, many had clinical features suggesting genetically determined epilepsy, especially Dravet syndrome.