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Outfitting a Football Helmet to Diagnose Concussion
Though awareness has grown in football and other sports about the dangers of concussion, neurologist James Noble, MD, says concussion detection on the field at the time of impact has essentially...
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Alzheimer’s Drug Targeting Soluble Amyloid Falls Short in a Large Clinical Trial
Researchers have proposed that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the buildup of a sticky protein called beta-amyloid. According to this “amyloid hypothesis,” the protein forms plaques in the brain...
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Elite CORPS: New Neurology Division to Track Outcomes
As a fledgling neurologist in the early 1990s, Mitchell Elkind, MD, had few treatment options to offer patients once he made a diagnosis. Nothing for dementia or stroke and just one drug for...
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Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award
Dr. Eliza Miller has been selected to receive the Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award in Stroke at the 2018 International Stroke Conference, for her ongoing work to uncover Stroke Risk...
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2018 Russ Salzberg Champion of Hope Award: Dr. Michio Hirano
Earlier this week, Dr. Michio Hirano was honored with the Russ Salzberg Champion of Hope Award at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) of...
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Some people curse and say nasty things in their sleep. There’s a good reason.
In the study, researchers found that sleep talkers said the word “no” four times as often in their sleep as when awake. And the f-word popped up during sleep talking more than 800 times more...
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Fixing Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier May Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis
In multiple sclerosis, immune cells break through the blood-brain barrier and attack nerve cells.
New video footage is now revealing the paths those cells use to breach this barrier—some...
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When Gene Tests Draw a Blank, Try, Try Again
Reanalysis of patient DNA in epilepsy patients yields genetic diagnosis where none was previously found.
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Drop-Off in Dementia in Northern Manhattan Echoes National Trend
Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, is on the decline among northern Manhattan seniors, following national and global trends.
The findings, by researchers at Columbia University...
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Healthy Living May Ease Some MS Symptoms
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The old adage that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" appears to be at least partly true for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
