Research Increasingly Points to Migraine as Neurological (vs. Vascular) Disorder


Posted by Monthly Prescribing Reference - May 19th, 2012

HONOLULU, HI—Recent research has resulted in a very rich pipeline of new agents to treat migraine, said David Dodick, MD, in presenting the Global Year Against Pain Lecture at the American Pain Society's 31 st Annual Scientific Meeting.
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St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Opens New Pediatric Subspecialties Center In


Posted by ParamusPost.com - May 19th, 2012

“St. Joseph's Healthcare System is pleased to be offering advanced specialized pediatric services to the Paramus and neighboring communities through this unique referral center, the only one of its kind in the area,” commented Michael Lamacchia, MD, ...
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Good And Bad Fats Affect Brain Health, Too


Posted by Huffington Post - May 19th, 2012

... researcher Dr. Olivia Okereke, MD, of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Psychiatry, said in a statement. The study, published in the journal Annals of Neurology, included data from 6000 women who were part of the Women's Health Study.
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The Craziest Thing You Do in Your Sleep


Posted by Peace FM Online - May 19th, 2012

About 1 percent take a nighttime saunter two or more times per month, according to the findings published this week in the journal Neurology. (Do you work out less often than that? Get fit today! Shred your excuses with these 15-Minute Abs, Arms, ...
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Saturated Fats Bad For The Brain


Posted by PsychCentral.com - May 19th, 2012

“When looking at changes in cognitive function, what we found is that the total amount of fat intake did not really matter, but the type of fat did,” said Olivia Okereke, MD, MS, BWH Department of Psychiatry. Women who consumed the highest amounts of ...
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Diagnosis of Alzheimer's isn't always accurate


Posted by Shreveport Times - May 19th, 2012

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the Alzheimer's Disease conference at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. / AP Diagnosis to Cure for Alzheimer's: Seeing inside the brain, discoveries that could ...
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The Neurology Center – Potomac, MD


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Dr. Peter Bernad – MD, FACP, MPH – Neurologist – Reviews


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Mark E. Molliver, M.D., Highly Respected Teacher and


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Nailesh, Dave D, MDNeurology & Pain Management – Benson, NC


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Connection between statins and ALS controversial


Posted by San Antonio Express - May 19th, 2012

Steven Nissen, MD, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, told us these drugs should be reserved for patients with heart disease or those at high risk because of diabetes, hypertension or other conditions. Q: We are going on a family ...
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For Self-Care, Nutrition May Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease


Posted by Massage Magazine - May 19th, 2012

... the levels of beta-amyloid in the blood, which, to a certain degree, relates to the level in the brain," said study author Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD, with Columbia University Medical Center in New York and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Visionary Psychiatrist Nurtured Generation of Scientists


Posted by Psychiatric News - May 18th, 2012

“He was a master at designing the most efficient experiment to get the answer,” said Anne Young, MD, Ph.D., a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and chief of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Forty years ago she worked in ...
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Studies Link Abnormal Gene to Psychosis, Dementia


Posted by Psychiatric News - May 18th, 2012

Additional evidence suggesting that this gene variant plays a major role in FTD and ALS was reported in the March Brain by a group of Dutch scientists led by John van Swieten, MD, Ph.D., a professor of neurology at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.
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UB Chair of Neurology is Organizer of Major, International Meeting on


Posted by UB News Center - May 18th, 2012

Buffalo, NY -- Gil I. Wolfe, MD, Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will play a major role in the 12th International Conference on ...
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Dr. DeLuca of Kessler Foundation participates in nationwide National MS


Posted by Phys.Org (press release) - May 18th, 2012

Dr. DeLuca, an expert in cognition in MS joins Peter Calabresi, MD, Director of the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center and Daniel Reich, MD, PhD, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Johns Hopkins University.
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CME Outfitters Announces Several New “CME Snack” Activities on Key Clinical Topics


Posted by PR Web (press release) - May 18th, 2012

These easy-to-view webcasts focus on important topics across neurology, psychiatry and primary care, and provide continuing education credit for physicians. “Whether clinicians need to complete continuing education credits for relicensure requirements, ...
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With fat: What's good or bad for the heart, may be the same for the brain


Posted by EurekAlert (press release) - May 18th, 2012

This study is published online by Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, on May 18, 2012. The research team analyzed data from the Women's Health Study—originally a cohort of nearly 40000 ...
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Do Head Injuries Affect the Ability to Learn?


Posted by dailyRx - May 18th, 2012

Thomas W. McAllister, MD., of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, authored a study that looked into the learning of student athletes in contact sports. Tell your coach immediately if you don't feel well after head contact.
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Repetitive Head Impacts Can Affect Learning in College Athletes


Posted by PsychCentral.com - May 18th, 2012

“The good news is that overall there were few differences in the test results between the athletes in contact sports and the athletes in non-contact sports,” said study author Thomas W. McAllister, MD, of The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
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Head Hits During a Single Season May Affect Learning, Memory


Posted by Medscape - May 18th, 2012

Ellen Deibert, MD, Berkshire Brain Injury & Neurological Services, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who cowrote an accompanying editorial, agreed that further research is needed in this area before any true conclusion can be made. She found 2 main problems ...
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Albany Med Physician Identifies Rare Case of Tick-Associated Paralysis


Posted by HealthCanal.com - May 18th, 2012

After a brief clinical examination and a review of numerous medical tests that failed to identify the condition, Karen Powers, MD, assistant professor of pediatric neurology, asked to check the girl's hair, where she found the root of the problem: a ...
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Researcher Profile: Van Gerpen, Jay A., M.D.


Posted by (author unknown) - May 18th, 2012

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Neurology Md Reviews – Four Upcoming Breakthroughs in


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Rehman, Atta MDNeurology Associates-Mesilla in Las Cruces


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Mount Carmel Neurology East | Mount Carmel Health


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HOUSTON VA CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS


Posted by The Cypress Times - May 17th, 2012

“Accreditation by the American Psychological Association shows that the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center demonstrates outcomes for its educational process that are consistent with its goals and objectives,” said Thomas Kent, MD, Neurology Care Line ...
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Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes


Posted by Fars News Agency - May 17th, 2012

The research is published in the May 16, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study involved college athletes at three Division I schools and compared 214 athletes in contact sports to 45 ...
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Pediatric MS Research at UB Gets a Boost from Sales of New York State Custom


Posted by UB News Center - May 17th, 2012

"The MS Society Logo Plate Revenue program will be used in continuing our prospective studies focusing primarily on outcomes and risk factors related to pediatric multiple sclerosis," says Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, UB professor of neurology in the ...
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Keys to Successful Implementation of Physician Alignment Initiatives


Posted by Becker's ASC Review - May 17th, 2012

In a session at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 17, Chuck Peck, MD, CEO of Health Inventures, discussed keys to successful implementation of physician alignment initiatives. "A lot of this meeting is centered around, ...
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Whistleblower Suit Involving Alzheimer's Grant to Proceed


Posted by Medscape - May 17th, 2012

The defendants are Brigham and Women's Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Marilyn Albert, MD, a former professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and MGH; and Ron Killiany, PhD, from Boston University's Alzheimer's Disease Center, ...
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Risk Factor Management Helps Prevent Migraine Attacks


Posted by Science Daily (press release) - May 17th, 2012

David Dodick, MD, professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, explained in his plenary session talk that triptan medications used to treat migraine patients are designed to constrict blood vessels, which for centuries were believed to cause ...
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Ruga Corporation Acquires a Novel B-RAF Paradox Breaker Program from Selexagen


Posted by MarketWatch (press release) - May 17th, 2012

"We're delighted to add another candidate program into our portfolio of tumor selective adaptive response therapeutics," said Ray Tabibiazar, MD, President and CEO of Ruga Corporation. "With the addition of the B-RAF program, which complements our ...
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WSU Neurology Department dominates 64th – Prognosis E-News


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Not Just a Nighttime Walk in the Park


Posted by dailyRx - May 17th, 2012

Maurice Ohayon, MD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, led the study to find out how common sleepwalking is because the last statistics on how many people experience it were published about 30 ...
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US Lifetime Prevalence of Sleep Walking ~30 Percent


Posted by Doctors Lounge - May 17th, 2012

The lifetime prevalence of nocturnal wandering with abnormal state of consciousness is approximately 30 percent in the US general population, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of Neurology. TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The ...
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For Some Athletes, Head Blows May Hamper Learning


Posted by WebMD - May 17th, 2012

Those hits, according to a new study published in the online edition of the journal Neurology, may add up to brain injuries that impact learning for some players. The authors of the study followed football players at three schools: Dartmouth College, ...
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Could Your MS Diagnosis Be Wrong?


Posted by LifeGoesStrong - May 17th, 2012

"There are many cases of MS that are very typical and not challenging to diagnose, which means diagnostic criteria are validated by specific symptoms combined with particular MRI abnormalities," says study author Andrew Soloman, MD, who worked at ...
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Sleepwalking more prevalent among US adults than previously suspected


Posted by Medical Xpress - May 17th, 2012

Maurice Ohayon, MD, DSc, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is the lead author of the paper, which will appear in the May 15 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Sleepwalking is a disorder "of ...
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JAMA Network | Archives of Neurology | Neuroendocrinology


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Images in Neurology | February 01, 2006. Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna · PDF. Andrew J. Waclawik, MD. Arch Neurol. 2006;63(2):291-291.
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For Contact Sport Athletes, Head Impact Impairs Learning


Posted by Doctors Lounge - May 17th, 2012

For contact sport athletes, repetitive head impact during a single season is associated with poorer measures of new learning and poorer performance on cognitive measures, according to a study published online May 16 in Neurology.
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Stroke Victims Use Minds to Control Robotic Arms


Posted by MedPage Today - May 17th, 2012

Using an investigational neural interface system -- called BrainGate -- the quadriplegics were able to direct robotic arms to touch and grab foam balls, according to Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD, of Brown University in Providence, RI, and colleagues.
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Zhang Joins Middlebury Practice


Posted by Voices News - May 17th, 2012

MIDDLEBURY — Waterbury Neurology has added Jianhui Zhang, MD, MS, to its practice at 1579 Straits Tpke. Born in China, Dr. Zhang attended Nanhua University in Hengyang, Hunan, where she was an attending physician in infectious disease.
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Boehringer Ingelheim to present pivotal Phase III results for afatinib in


Posted by MarketWatch (press release) - May 17th, 2012

Title Lead Author Presentation details LUX-Lung 3: A randomized, James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD Oral Abstract #LBA7500 open-label, phase III study of Date: Monday, June 4 afatinib versus pemetrexed and Time: 3:00 PM-3:15 PM CDT cisplatin as first-line ...
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More Evidence That Physical Activity Protects the Aging Brain


Posted by Medscape - May 17th, 2012

... physical activity even in the very old, conclude Aron S. Buchman, MD, from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, and colleagues. Their findings were published in the April 24 issue of Neurology.
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Sleepwalking in Adults More Common Than Thought


Posted by Occupational Health and Safety - May 17th, 2012

The study is published in the May 15, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “While our results show that having psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder may ...
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Season of 'Head Hits' May Dull Athletes' Thinking


Posted by MedPage Today - May 17th, 2012

... reported in the May 29 issue of Neurology. In general, however, there were no major differences in cognition between athletes in contact sports and those in noncontact sports either before or after the season, according to Thomas McAllister, MD, ...
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