…A U.S. study reports that the beneficial effects of treating depression in older patients extend to caregivers (Martire et al. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010; 58: 23-29; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872092/?tool=pubmed). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
The AAN Therapeutics and Technology Assessment subcommittee has published its report on the safety and efficacy of mitoxantrone in multiple sclerosis, concluding that the risks of systolic dysfunction and therapy-related leukemia are higher than previously estimated (Marriott et al. Neurology 2010; 74: 1463-1470; free full text at www.neurology.org/cgi/reprint/74/18/1463). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email addre…
…REPORT FROM THE AAN, APRIL 10-17, 2010 – In 2008, Italian researchers reported that lithium 300-450 mg/day delayed disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Fornai et al. PNAS 2008; 105: 2052-2057; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2538879/?tool=pubmed). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…ts following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) (Garrett et al. Neurocrit Care 2010; 12: 199-203; Hays & Diringer. Neurology 2006; 66: 1330-1334; Chung et al. J Korean Neurosurg Soc 2009; 45: 355-359. Free full text at www.jkns.or.kr/htm/fulltext.asp?no=0042009075). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
REPORT FROM THE AAN, APRIL 10-17, 2010 – Over 4,000 MS patients signed on to the National MS Society press conference and webinar on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), held April 14th, 2010, during the AAN annual meeting (See Special Report: CCSVI, NeuroSens, February 17, 2010). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Conti…