Neurologists with expertise in brain stimulation therapy help Parkinson's patients
...ation may benefit from the direct involvement of a neurologist with expertise both in movement disorders and in d...could be improved with the direct involvement of a neurologist with specific expertise both in the treatment of movement disorders in general and in deep brain sti...Mayo Clinic links allergies to Parkinson's disease
...gic rhinitis," says James Bower, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead study investigator. "That's actually a pretty high elevation." Previous studies had shown that people who regularly take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease. These result...Strong evidence of a genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease
...ing," says Demetrius Maraganore, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead study investigator. "This well-designed and large study provides evidence that common genetic variants contribute to the cause of Parkinson's." The collaboration included researchers from 11 countries. Their findings will be published in t...Aggressive reduction in cholesterol levels can reduce risk for stroke by 16 percent
...eam of investigators, led by Dr. K. Michael Welch, neurologist and President and CEO of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, published their research in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The SPARCL study included 4,731 patients with no history of heart disease who had expe...Projected costs of stroke highlight need for increased NIH funding
...ing patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson disease, and multiple sclerosis. ...Projected costs of stroke in the United States top $2 trillion dollars
...ing patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Parkinson's disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), dementia, West Nile virus, and ataxia. ...Survivors of childhood polio do well decades later as they age
...ely benign," says Eric Sorenson, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead study researcher. "Our results suggest that polio survivors may not age any differently than those in the normal population -- they're not doing too badly compared to their peers. This tells us that the cause for the decline in muscle streng...Migraine treatment and prevention in women
...help from their primary care provider instead of a neurologist or a specialist. The purpose of our paper is to provide more information for primary care physicians who typically manage these cases," says Beverly Tozer, M.D., who led the review. The review emphasized preventive therapies for migraines at differ...Two copies of G2019S Parkinson's gene mutation doesn't lead to more severe disease
..."That proved not to be the case," says Mayo Clinic neurologist Zbigniew Wszolek, M.D. Wszolek formed an international consortium that compared the clinical features of Parkinson's disease in the two groups. "It's puzzling," he says. "More studies are needed. More patients need to be identified and, hopefully,...New treatments for epilepsy may benefit patients at University of Virginia
...le with epilepsy," said Dr. Nathan Fountain, a UVa neurologist and director of the F. E. Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program. "The idea that we can implant a Star Trek-type device that will detect seizures and interrupt them without causing injury is entirely new. Many people with epilepsy have seizures that...Spinal cord stimulators tested as treatment for patients with migraine headaches
... the device activated. Patients then return to the neurologist for monitoring of their headaches. During the first 3 months after the Precision neurostimulator is implanted, two different stimulation settings will be tried in different groups of patients. One group of patients is programmed to settings more li...Mayo Clinic discovers potential link between celiac disease and cognitive decline
... until now," says Keith Josephs, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and study investigator. "This is the largest case series to date of patients demonstrating cognitive decline within two years of the onset of celiac disease symptom onset or worsening." Says Joseph Murray, M.D., Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist and ...Innovative surgery corrects vision in kids with neurological disorders
...n University School of Medicine in St. Loius and a neurologist at St. Louis Children's Hospital, saw firsthand how her patients' poor vision interfered with every aspect of their daily lives. Having cerebral palsy herself and wanting to help reverse the isolation that many of these children endure because of the...Children's Hospital Boston neurosurgeons to perform brain tumor removal during live Web cast
...rgical outcomes." Dr. Madsen will be assisted by neurologist Frank H. Duffy, MD, radiologist Carolyn Robson, MB, ChB , and associate anesthesiologist-in-chief Mark A. Rockoff, MD. They will also serve as Webcast commentators, providing additional information about the procedure throughout the surgery. Moderati...Study offers window into human behavior, brain disease
...ut human nature, here." Still, he says, "It's the neurologist in me that brings me to work everyday, and as a neurologist what I want is to help cure the disease."...Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years
...ty on age-related changes in memory processes, and neurologist Dr. Morris Freedman, an eminent authority on under...tive impairment was determined by the interviewing neurologist at the first clinic visit who asked patients and their families or caregivers when symptoms were fir...Worldwide Parkinson's cases will double in next 25 years
...to developing nations. University of Rochester neurologist Ray Dorsey, M.D., and a team of researchers examined the projected population growth in the five largest countries in Western Europe (France, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy) and the 10 most populous nations worldwide (China, India, Ind...HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa
...a, according to Ned Sacktor, M.D., a Johns Hopkins neurologist and senior author of a multi-institutional study that will be published Jan. 29 in Neurology. HIV dementia is defined as memory, learning, behavioral and motor disabilities that interfere with normal daily life and in extreme cases lead to total di...U of MN doctors uncover treatment for advanced ALD patients
... Charnas, M.D., Ph.D., senior author and pediatric neurologist at the University of Minnesota Childrens Hospital. This is a major step forward in treating a devastating disease.......rgy boost to dying cells, says Dr. Kapil D. Sethi, neurologist and director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Medical College of Georgia. We think it may help cells that are damaged or overworked, says Dr. Sethi, a site principal investigator on the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strok...