Dr. Marcelo Kremenchutzky, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis clinic at the London Health Sciences Centre, interviews researchers at the annual meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS).
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Zika virus – New guidelines for managing pregnant women
February 3, 2016Clinical symptoms
Zika virus and pregnancy
Guidelines for clinicians
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued guidelines for healthcare providers managing pregnant women at risk of exposure to the Zika virus during the current pandemic (Petersen et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:30-33; free full text at http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6502e1). Read More
1 dead in phase I trial
January 27, 2016One person is dead and five others are hospitalized in a phase I trial that went badly wrong. Three of the survivors may have suffered irreversible brain damage, according to Dr. Gilles Edan, head of neurology at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, France, as quoted in the New York Times (Chanjan S. NY Times, Jan. 15, 2016). Preliminary MRI results showed cerebral hemorrhage and brain necrosis in some study participants. Read More
Emerging data on bullying as a risk factor for depression, anxiety
December 16, 2015A number of recent studies have examined the impact of bullying during childhood and adolescence on the development of mental health issues later in life. Read More