Quality Measures for Parkinson’s Disease Care
Quality measures have been developed for many different frameworks of medical care to address...
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Neurology
65% of Patients with MS Have Trouble Walking
Approximately two-thirds of people with MS report an inability to walk or have difficulty...
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An Innovative Model for Dementia Care
The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that about 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease....
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Approaches to Treating Tourette’s Syndrome
Tourette’s syndrome is a childhood-onset condition that is diagnosed when motor and vocal tics...
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The 63rd American Academy of Neurology’s 2011 Annual Meeting
Highlights from the AAN 2011 Annual Meeting include the relationship between cardiovascular risk...
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Reviewing DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
In 2002, the FDA approved the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for patients with Parkinsons...
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Autism Checklist at 12-Months May Facilitate Treatment
A simple 24-item checklist may help physicians identify children with autism spectrum disorders...
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Updated Guidelines for Secondary Stroke Prevention
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) released updated guidelines...
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Key Points From New Alzheimer’s Guidelines
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have...
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New Guidelines on Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: Summary
Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is estimated to affect 16% of the more than 25 million people...
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The Diabetes Type 3 Enigma: Can Alzheimer’s Drug Help?
Diabetes Type 3—a “brain specific” disease—is far from understood and very much uncharted...
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Infamous Study Linking Autism to Vaccines Called a “Fraud”
The study that triggered worldwide controversy over childhood vaccinations linked to autism was...
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Reducing the Pain of Fibromyalgia
The chronic pain syndrome of fibromyalgia afflicts nearly 2% of women and a smaller proportion of...
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Public Awareness of Specialized Stroke Hospitals
When managing stroke, time is brain. Every minute that stroke therapy is delayed can make a major...
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A New Strategy to Manage Charcot Foot
Each year in the United States, over 60,000 lower extremity amputations occur in patients with...
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Guidelines for Intracranial Neurointerventional Procedures
Rapid advancements in endovascular interventions have facilitated the use of intracranial...
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American Academy of Neurology 2010 Annual Meeting
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) held its 2010 annual meeting from April 10 to 17 in...
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Key Practices to Treating OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been defined as a neuropsychiatric condition characterized...
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Brain Pacemakers Improve Epilepsy Treatment
According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, epilepsy is the third leading neurological...
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