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Piriformis syndrome remains an elusive diagnosis and neurologists should avoid recommendations for surgery interventions.
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Epilepsy is associated with behavioral, psychiatric, cognitive, and social comorbidities. The associated comorbidities change across the lifespan of a person with epilepsy. Early detection and treatment of these comorbidities has the potential to significantly improve quality of life for patients with epilepsy.
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The authors provide evidence that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-receptor inhibitors by themselves can trigger a painful neuropathy and can aggravate paclitaxel-induced neuropathy in mice by interfering with the neuroprotective effects of VEGF.
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Stroke Incidence May Be Increasing in Younger People; Cancer May Be a Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke; Physical Exercise Reduces White Matter Lesion Burden and Brain Atrophy in the Elderly; Serious Cardiac Arrhythmias May Occur During First 72 Hours After Stroke
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Fatal headaches are associated with age over 50, loss of consciousness and collapse, and worst/thunderclap character of the headache.
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Three common medications amitriptyline, duloxetine, and pregabalin all appear equally efficacious in treating neuropathic pain from diabetic neuropathy.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse rates were found to increase post in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a small population of MS patients. The risk for relapse was highest in the first 3 months post-IVF.
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Up to 50% of patients with seronegative ocular myasthenia gravis have antibodies to clustered acetylcholine receptor antibodies that can fix complement and passively transfer disease to experimental mice.
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Dementia and benzodiazepines; effectiveness of omega-3 fatty acid and Ginkgo biloba supplements; and FDA actions.
