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...
by Ket Patel | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to a study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug has been found to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease . The study, conducted by researchers at the Gladstone...