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Many survivors of medulloblastoma, who were treated with craniospinal radiation, develop physical and cognitive impairments as adults.
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Careful testing of jaw muscle power can help to make an accurate clinical diagnosis in acute, flaccid quadriparesis.
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In this non-randomized comparative trial, dorsal (posterior) decompressive spinal surgery resulted in longer lengths of stay and higher costs compared to ventral (anterior) surgery.
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Biomarkers for Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative diseases occur frequently in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. These include impairment of olfactory and color discrimination, and abnormalities in cerebral blood flow.
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Patients originally on interferon beta-1a in the TRANSFORMS study were re-randomized to either 0.5 or 1.25 mg of fingolimod. There was a reduction in relapse rate and MRI activity in patients that switched to fingolimod without an increase in severe adverse events.
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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease usually presents with subtle psychiatric symptoms and there is usually a significant delay in diagnosis.
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With the advent of new vaccines, the incidence of bacterial meningitis has declined, particularly in children, but the mortality rate has remained the same.
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Two new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C; NSAIDs and myocardial infarction risk; AIM-HIGH clinical trial stopped; and FDA actions.
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Crest failed to demonstrate any significant differ-ence in the primary endpoint (composite of stroke, myocardial infarction, or death during the 4-year follow-up period) between carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.