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.
