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Krabbe disease can rarely present in adults as a combined central nervous system disorder with polyneuropathy.
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In comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, early malignant EEG findings during therapeutic hypothermia correlated with higher serum neuron-specific enolase levels and poor neurologic outcome.
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Early cessation of prehospital seizures via an intramuscular injection of midazolam was at least noninferior, if not superior, to traditional intravenous lorazepam.
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Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a grave form of ischemic stroke that carries a high morbidity and mortality. The Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) is a prospective, observational, international registry of consecutive patients with BAO that was radiologically confirmed.
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The incidence of epileptic seizures is much higher in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease than those who are elderly but non-demented.
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REM behavior disorder can be reliably diagnosed using a simple bed-partner questionnaire and its presence is a risk factor for a future neurodegenerative disease.
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Preliminary trials of low-dose intranasal insulin suggest a possible benefit that warrants further investigation.
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Statins and diabetes risk; new treatment guideline for diabetes; new pertussis vaccine recommendation; antibiotics and rhinosinusitis; fluoroquinolones and cystitis; and FDA actions.
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Necrotizing myositis is a newly described inflammatory myopathy that has an autoimmune etiology and may be associated with anti-signal recognition particle autoantibodies.
