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Edward-Elmhurst Health, UChicago Medicine agree to provide advanced care to children in west and southwest regions

Edward-Elmhurst Health and the University of Chicago Medicine have reached an agreement to expand access to advanced subspecialty care for infants and children in west and southwest suburban communities. The affiliation will bring nationally recognized UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital experts across a dozen pediatric subspecialties to new outpatient clinics at Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital.

26 Sep 2015

Novel brain-computer interface technology allows paralyzed man to walk

Novel brain-computer interface technology created by University of California, Irvine researchers has allowed a paraplegic man to walk for a short distance.

25 Sep 2015

Researchers reveal potential new treatment methods for fatal brain disease

Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich reveal possible new treatment methods for a rare, usually fatal brain disease. Thanks to their discovery that specific antibodies play a key role in combating the viral infection, a vaccine against the disease "progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy" could now be developed.

24 Sep 2015

Feeling dizzy after standing up may signal serious conditions, increased risk of death

People who get dizzy several minutes after standing up may be at risk of more serious conditions and even an increased risk of death, according to new research published in the September 23, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

24 Sep 2015

Prashant Mahajan awarded $5.76 million grant to study how febrile infants can avoid invasive procedures

Prashant Mahajan, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University and Children's Hospital of Michigan, has been awarded a five-year, $5.76 million grant (1R01HD085233) by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.

23 Sep 2015

Amyloid PET method works well for detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease

A method for detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease using amyloid PET imaging works as well as the previously used cerebrospinal fluid sample method. This is the conclusion of a new Lund University study - the most thorough and extensive undertaken in the field so far.

23 Sep 2015

Study analyzes psychological stress of family caregivers following Alzheimer's diagnosis

Caregiving for an Alzheimer's patient is especially burdensome for spousal and family caregivers who at the time of their near and dear one's Alzheimer's diagnosis suffer from depressive symptoms, according to a recent University of Eastern Finland study.

22 Sep 2015

New study looks at how remote conditioning can help reduce dementia

A new study is looking at whether short, daily bouts of reduced blood flow to an arm or leg can reduce the ravages of dementia.

22 Sep 2015

$Common Alzheimer's disease drug increases bone density, reduces fracture risks$

Common Alzheimer's disease drug increases bone density, reduces fracture risks

The most common drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease increases bone mass in mice, according to one of the first research articles published in the new open access journal Heliyon. The authors of the study, from Saitama Medical University in Japan, say this means the drug could also be used to treat bone loss diseases like osteoporosis and periodontitis, following further clinical research.

21 Sep 2015

Invitae launches new education program to increase awareness of genetic testing for hereditary cancer

A new survey released today shows 73 percent of Americans are aware of genetic testing for hereditary cancers – a significant increase over just a few years ago. Previous research found that in 2010 less than half of the Americans surveyed said they were aware of genetic testing. Dubbed the "Angelina Jolie Effect," the current data highlight the far-reaching impact of Angelina Jolie's public discussion of genetic testing for hereditary cancer.

21 Sep 2015

Researchers develop new method to capture how brain cells interact

Interactions between brain cells hold the key to healthy brain function and cognition, but many of those interactions are notoriously difficult to study.

21 Sep 2015

Report: Birth control pills cause significant increase in stroke risk

Birth control pills cause a small but significant increase in the risk of the most common type of stroke, according to a comprehensive report in the journal MedLink Neurology.

21 Sep 2015

Loyola's Jose Biller recognized for helping to improve health of multicultural communities

Loyola University Medical Center stroke specialist Jose Biller, MD is among four Hispanic leaders being recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for their contributions to improving the health and well-being of multicultural communities.

21 Sep 2015

Study: Neighborhood factors do not influence EMS use for acute stroke as strongly as individual factors do

Neighborhood factors do not influence the use of emergency medical services (EMS) for stroke as strongly as individual factors do, despite earlier indications that socio-demographic characteristics of the neighborhood explain low rates of EMS activation for this life-threatening emergency.

21 Sep 2015

Olfactory function may inform Parkinson’s prognosis

Olfactory function is preserved in about a quarter of patients with Parkinson’s disease, and may be predictive of disease course, say researchers.

18 Sep 2015

Long-term disease progression in spinocerebellar ataxia quantified

Researchers have quantified the progression of the most common spinocerebellar ataxias over a follow-up period of up to 8 years in steps to improve sample size calculations for future interventional trials.

16 Sep 2015

Researchers receive NIH grant to test novel drug therapy for Alzheimer's dementia

Johns Hopkins University researchers have received an estimated $7.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to clinically test what would be the first treatment to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia.

16 Sep 2015

AgeneBio's HOPE4MCI Phase 3 trial receives support from NIH

AgeneBio, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for unserved patients battling neurodegeneration, announced today that its HOPE4MCI Phase 3 clinical trial has received support from the National Institutes of Health.

15 Sep 2015

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

ProPhase LLC, a global provider of applied measurement expertise, is announcing its partnership with Multi Health Systems, a Canadian publisher of psychological assessments and healthcare outcomes, to optimize and standardize electronic adaptations of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

14 Sep 2015

Better treatment could be on the horizon for Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that can afflict anyone, characterized by severe muscle weakness, affecting control of facial expressions, arm and leg movements, chewing, swallowing, coughing and breathing. There is no cure, only treatment.

14 Sep 2015

Neurology News and Research

Latest Neurology News and Research

Edward-Elmhurst Health, UChicago Medicine agree to provide advanced care to children in west and southwest regions

Novel brain-computer interface technology allows paralyzed man to walk

Researchers reveal potential new treatment methods for fatal brain disease

Feeling dizzy after standing up may signal serious conditions, increased risk of death

Prashant Mahajan awarded $5.76 million grant to study how febrile infants can avoid invasive procedures

Amyloid PET method works well for detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease

Study analyzes psychological stress of family caregivers following Alzheimer's diagnosis

New study looks at how remote conditioning can help reduce dementia

Common Alzheimer's disease drug increases bone density, reduces fracture risks

Invitae launches new education program to increase awareness of genetic testing for hereditary cancer

Researchers develop new method to capture how brain cells interact

Report: Birth control pills cause significant increase in stroke risk

Loyola's Jose Biller recognized for helping to improve health of multicultural communities

Study: Neighborhood factors do not influence EMS use for acute stroke as strongly as individual factors do

Olfactory function may inform Parkinson’s prognosis

Long-term disease progression in spinocerebellar ataxia quantified

Researchers receive NIH grant to test novel drug therapy for Alzheimer's dementia

AgeneBio's HOPE4MCI Phase 3 trial receives support from NIH

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

Better treatment could be on the horizon for Myasthenia Gravis

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