"We spend about a third of our life sleeping. If our sleep is not normal, our brain cannot function normally either," ENS President Prof Claudio L. Bassetti (Bern University Hospital) emphasised at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Barcelona. About 3,000 experts from...
Neuropsychiatric disorders put a financial burden of EUR 798 billion on European economies according to a current study. "Neurological diseases affect a total of 220 million people so they play a big part, something a fact that is often underestimated," said ENS President Prof Claudio L...
Migraines in children and adolescents occur jointly with other neurological, psychiatric or somatic diseases with above-average frequency. Epilepsy, various disorders caused by cellular ion channels malfunction (channelopathies) and multiple sclerosis deserve special mention in this regard in...
Since the discovery of Prontosil in 1932, sulfonamide antibiotics have been used to combat a wide spectrum of bacterial infections, from acne to chlamydia and pneumonia. However, their side effects can include serious neurological problems like nausea, headache, dizziness, hallucinations and...
The very serious hereditary disease HDLS was discovered in 1984 in Sweden. Many HDLS patients are still incorrectly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, MS or Parkinson's disease, but researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a more certain...
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I am a 15 year old healthy male with ANXIETY and depression, but have a problem. On math notebooks i can see an afterimage shimmering verticaly on it. It can cause distorted vision sometimes. I can see this 24/7 and is not episodicle. I have been to an Optometrist and an Ophtalmologist who...
Tafamidis meglumine (trade name: Vyndaqel®) was approved in November 2011 for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis in adults. This rare disorder ("orphan disease") is caused by a defective gene and is associated with progressive nerve damage (neurological degeneration) that tafamidis is...
Lately I have been playing video games in excess. Computer game rpgs to be precise. Likely because these are the ones that usually entrance and interest me. Anyway, playing hours on end I know inherently is probably not a good idea however I was uninformed as to the fullness of the adverse...
A comprehensive program combining education and rule enforcement has been effective in reducing the high rate of brain and spinal cord injuries among rugby players, reports the November issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by...
With brain damage from early childhood is there anything a person can do to improve their mental situation? I wonder these things all the time, like if there is some big picture I am missing.
Scientists have discovered a new cause of spastic ataxia, and believe this cause is also a trigger for other mitochondrial diseases neurological disorders that can lead to serious coordination, growth, visual, speech, and muscle defects. Researchers at St George's, University of London have...
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:RGN) announced that a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI reported that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), administered to rats one day after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals...
My 7yr old chow/lab mix has recently been diagnosed with Cushing's. Besides the normal excess drinking, panting, etc she has also shown some neurological symptoms that seem to be getting more pronounced with time. These consist of small seizures, limping, and loss of balance. The one thing I...
My Mum has recently died of this and the medical profession could not find the cause. All her tests were normal yet she suffered a great deal and became paralyzed to the extent that in the end it killed her. any idea's