Sheila Jacobs

The combined analysis of the neurofunctional scales demonstrated an overall neurofunctional improvement with CPAP.

Preventive strategies for reducing the high incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia may be key to the improvement of long-term outcomes in EP/VP children.

Pharmaceutical-grade CBD used as adjunctive therapy in patients with pediatric-onset drug-resistant epilepsy may reduce the frequency of seizures.

Use of the stimulation resolved the patient’s orthostatic hypotension, which is prevalent and quite debilitating among individuals with spinal cord injury.

Further research is warranted to clarify the role played by insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Among 5.2% of cases of early-onset dementia, most were either alcohol-related by definition or had an additional diagnosis of alcohol use disorders.

Improved motor function was observed among more participants in the nusinersen group compared with those in the control group.

It may be best to deal with the PD subtype characterized by gait difficulty differently from the akinetic-rigid subtype.

Age, diabetes, need for support when walking, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, first-degree atrioventricular block, bundle-branch block, and vital lung capacity were all linked to death.

While epilepsy-related head trauma was common, 9 of 10 patients displayed no evidence of CTE.

Women with RLS are more likely to have cardiovascular-related comorbidities than those without RLS.

This is the first clinical trial to compare antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy in patients with cancer and ischemic stroke.

The results confirm that ischemic, hemorrhagic, and subarachnoid stroke have very different etiologies.

Researchers sought to compare 2010 McDonald and MAGNIMS criteria for predicting conversion to MS from clinically isolated syndrome.

Women receiving topiramate for epilepsy were exposed to high cumulative doses, increasing the risk for oral clefts in offspring.

Day-to-day BPV was not as strongly associated with risk for stroke, but was comparably associated with the risk for cardiovascular events.

Multiple imaging characteristics from fetal MRI analysis helped to yield a model with the ability to classify postnatal CSF diversion status with a high level of accuracy.

If confirmed in future studies, high triglycerides may present a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer disease.

Patients older than 65 were more likely to have steeper declines in slow vital capacity.

A study assessed longitudinal behavior in pediatric patients with childhood absence epilepsy and made recommendations regarding initial preferred monotherapy.

Investigators analyzed data for baseline factors that may influence weight loss in early parkinson’s disease.

Infection with the Zika virus may increase the risk for development of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The findings highlight the importance of considering dietary intake as a whole, rather than examining micronutrients on an individual basis.

Investigators strived to determine the association between multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus infection in certain racial groups.

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with high titers of JCV antibodies and who were being treated with natalizumab for more than 2 years were enrolled in the study.

As early treatment of multiple sclerosis is crucial, it is important to identify the factors that may delay diagnosis.

Previous research has shown an association between some oral diabetes medications and lower incidence of dementia.

Intranasal administration of sumatriptan allows for dual absorption in the nasal cavity and the intestines.

Previous research found an association between AED use and reduced bone density in adults.

Although the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder is known to be more common among males than among females in the general population, information on sex-specific recurrence patterns is lacking.