Neurology
News, opinions and meeting coverage in neurology.
Parents Often Miss Subtle Autism Signs
The symptoms of autism tend to emerge in children after 6 months of age, with a loss of social and communications skills that is more common and more subtle than previously thought, according to a new study that questions previous assumptions about the progression of the condition.
Mar 02, 2010
CT Safety Warnings Follow Radiation Overdose Accident
Reports of stroke patients who were accidentally exposed to eight times the normal radiation dose during diagnostic CT scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are prompting safety warnings and soul searching in radiology.
Oct 15, 2009
Recall of Three Little Words Helps Quick Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment
ATLANTA -- Mild cognitive impairment can be determined in less than five minutes with a three-word memory test and a clock- drawing task, according to researchers here. The words are apple, penny, and table.
Nov 19, 2008
Head Positional Maneuvers Endorsed for Benign Vertigo
PHOENIX, Ariz., -- Almost like wet dogs shaking their heads, patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo are resolving dizziness by a series of directed movements to remove loose calcium crystals from semicircular canals in the ear.
May 27, 2008
McCain Cites 'Strong Evidence' of Link Between Vaccines and Autism
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, has given credibility to "strong evidence" of a link between autism and thimerosal in childhood vaccines. He cited "divided scientific opinion" on the matter.
Mar 05, 2008
APA: Co-Morbid ADHD in Bipolar Adults May Respond To Non-Stimulants
SAN DIEGO -- When attention deficit hyperactivity disorder meets bipolar disorder in an adult, the diagnosis is hard and the course is poorly understood but the co-morbidity appears to exacerbate matters, researchers said here.
May 24, 2007