by Ket Patel | Dec 6, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Neurosurgery
Despite the very real chance of living a seizure-free life, many epilepsy patients with an excellent surgical prognosis continue to walk away from the procedures. Researchers at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society agreed: It’s not always easy to...
by Ket Patel | Dec 6, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Epilepsy
Gamma Knife surgery significantly reduced the number of seizures in a subset of patients with rare congenital tumors, based on data from a prospective trial of 64 patients presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. Hypothalamic hamartomas...
by Ket Patel | Dec 3, 2011 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
Major Finding: Women and blacks with Parkinson’s disease both had 23% lower odds of receiving care from a neurologist than did men and whites, after adjustment for covariates. Data Source: An analysis of more than 138,000 incident cases of Parkinson’s...
by Ket Patel | Nov 24, 2011 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders
A low-dose sublingual formulation of zolpidem tartrate is the first agent to be approved to treat insomnia characterized by middle-of-the-night waking followed by difficulty returning to sleep, the Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 23. Zolpidem tartrate was...
by Ket Patel | Nov 20, 2011 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
Major Finding: Significantly more individuals with hyposmia had DAT levels of 65% or lower, compared with normosmic individuals (11% vs. 1%). Data Source: Preliminary findings among 303 participants in PARS. Disclosures: The study is sponsored by the U.S. Department...