Utsav Aiya, MD

Mitigating the spread of a virus as infectious as SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, requires having ample and accurate diagnostic tests available. However, in the United States community transmission began to occur before adequate testing measures could be implemented.

Investigators have identified a novel genetic association for tau deposition, with resistance to entorhinal cortex (ERC) deposition, in older adults.

Youth with a history of status migranosus are more likely to experience an increase of >4 headache days per month during a follow-up evaluation.

AHA/ASA Stroke Council leadership published temporary emergency guidance for stroke management in the midst of COVID-19.

According to a review published in The New England Journal of Medicine, evidence from preclinical studies and clinical trials on intermittent fasting reveals benefits for a number of health conditions, including obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cancers, and neurologic disorders.

Largely understudied until recently, Functional Neurological Disorder presents a critical challenge to practitioners in neurology and psychiatry.

Lead author Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD discusses the importance of neuromodulation, specifically a closed loop spinal cord stimulation system (SCS), for the management of chronic pain.

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with a closed-loop system that uses recorded evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) is superior to a fixed-output, open-loop system for patients with chronic back and leg pain.

The Science of Cannabis Symposium welcomed both clinicians and legal experts and aimed to provide medical and legal education for healthcare providers who are considering the use of cannabis in their medical practice.

This study described data collected from patients who self-selected to participate in the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center’s virtual follow-up program.

Patients admitted to the hospital for myocardial infarction with a known diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea were found to have improved in-hospital mortality.

This study provides normative values for the bilateral lumbar and sacral-anorectal MEPs in healthy subject with no age or gender influence on rectal or anal MEP latency.

Despite potent antiretroviral therapy, HIV-associated dementia results in significant morbidity and mortality.

The use of guideline recommendations from the IDSA for neuroimaging in the management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis is most likely to lead to detection of major head CT scan findings that subsequently affect clinical management.

AAN has issued a practice guideline update for vaccine-preventable infections and immunizations for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). A subcommittee of the AAN — tasked with developing, disseminating and implementing these guidelines — found improvements and additions to the recommendations previously issued in 2002.

A new rapid turnaround genetic test for spinal muscular atrophy, found to reduce time to results from 21 days to 4 days, will be offered at no charge to qualified individuals in the United States as part of the SMA Identified program.

Findings from PROMESA tiral show orally administered epigallocatechin gallate, a component extracted from green tea, treatment produced no significant benefits in modifying disease progression for people with multiple system atrophy.

Several sentinel chickens in the same flock have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis infection thus increasing risk of transmission to humans.

Results of a survey on early prescribing patterns of emerging treatments for migraine prophylaxis indicate that clinicians anticipate decreased use of onabotulinumtoxinA and increased use of erenumab for episodic migraine treatment.

Individuals with an implantable programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt are at risk for unintended changes to valve settings through exposure to magnetic fields present in implantable medical devices.