by Ket Patel | Aug 22, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia who are heavy cigarette smokers are more likely to use substances such as alcohol than are those with the disease who are non–heavy smokers. Heavy smokers also are more likely to have elevated cholesterol, a retrospective analysis of 745...
by Ket Patel | Aug 22, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Pain
Sometimes the only relief for a patient who presents with chronic and recalcitrant pain comes from a course of spinal cord stimulation. “I consider spinal cord stimulation a real home run,” Dr. Allan L. Brook said at the annual meeting of the Society of...
by Ket Patel | Aug 22, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis
Interferon-beta therapy did not slow the long-term progression of disability in adults with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in a retrospective cohort study based on prospectively collected data. Patients who took interferon-beta (IFN-beta) experienced rates of...
by Ket Patel | Aug 21, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Obesity
People who are obese and have other metabolic abnormalities such as diabetes can experience a faster decline in their cognitive abilities, according to a study published today in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. French and UK...
by Ket Patel | Aug 21, 2012 | Chiropractic Neurology
Will Arlen has a traumatic brain injury and is so sensitive to light that he wears sunglasses all the time. The 17-year-old describes his migraines as like a knife stabbing his brain. His short term memory is shot. He can barely stand up on his own or move his left...