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Is breastfeeding associated with reduction in postpartum relapses in women with multiple sclerosis?

In a review of Current Opinion In Neurology they illustrate the frequency and trends of the comorbidity of epilepsy and dementia and the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on cognitive functions.

Dementia is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) but measures that track cognitive change in PD are lacking. Brain tissue iron accumulates with age and co-localises with pathological proteins linked to PD dementia such as amyloid.

The incidence rate of many cardiovascular events is more than doubled in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), compared with matched controls without MS, new research shows.

Smartphone use in patients with primary headache is connected to more medication use and less pain relief, new research shows.

In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), spinal and lower brainstem motor neurons degenerate, but some motor neuron subtypes are spared, including oculomotor neurons (OMNs). The mechanisms responsible for this selective degeneration are largely unknown, but the molecular signatures of resistant and vulnerable motor...

Wake-Up Stroke (WUS) patients are generally excluded from thrombolytic therapy (rTPA) due to the unknown time of stroke onset. This new study published in Journal of Neurology saimed to investigate the effects of rTPA in WUS patients during every day clinical scenarios, by measuring ischemic lesion volume and functional outcomes compared to...

Cancer incidence rates among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated after the advent of immune therapies show an increase compared with prior generations, according to a large study of Norwegian patients with MS.

Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are at increased risk for most types of infection, with the highest risk associated with renal tract infections, according to an analysis of USA Department of Defense data.

Playing table tennis, also known as ping-pong, appears to improve motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests.