A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL, has shown "very encouraging" early results following its use in six patients at ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Neurosurgery experts from Cambridge have led the largest ever study examining the surgical management of traumatic brain injuries, highlighting regional inequalities in both major causes and treatment of such injuries.
Mar 16, 2022
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Scientists have found whole genome sequencing (WGS) can quickly and accurately detect the most common inherited neurological disorders—something previously thought to be impossible—with the results supporting the use ...
Feb 17, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Daridorexant (50 mg) improves both nighttime symptoms and daytime functioning in people with insomnia disorder, according to a study published in the Feb. 1 issue of The Lancet Neurology.
Feb 4, 2022
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A clinical trial conducted by Prof. Alexandra Durr's team (Sorbonne University.AP-HP) at the Paris Brain Institute and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP shows that despite the hopes raised in recent years, riluzole ...
Jan 19, 2022
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After lying for a while in a way that puts pressure on a nerve in your arm, you do not feel the arm anymore, you cannot perceive its location and size, and it feels like it does not belong to your own body. If this condition ...
Jan 7, 2022
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There are few treatment options for children with multiple sclerosis—a condition in which the immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves in the brain and spinal cord—and most therapies for the disease have ...
Nov 30, 2021
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New research led by the University of Bristol, has shown the drug losartan, normally used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), is not effective in slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people ...
Nov 15, 2021
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A novel therapy recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for patients with Alzheimer's disease amid considerable controversy should not be prescribed by physicians off-label for cerebral amyloid angiopathy ...
Jul 6, 2021
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Extremely painful chronic cluster headaches—sometimes referred to as 'suicide headaches' – can be prevented by stimulating the occipital nerve in the back of the head, according to research conducted by Professor Emeritus ...
Jun 21, 2021
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