The obesity-stroke paradox: why do obese patients have milder strokes?

Over the weekend, the Sydney Morning Herald wrote of the ‘heavy cost’ of obesity to the Australian health system http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/the-heavy-cost-of-obesity-and-how-nsw-health-workers-are-responding-20150613-ghmxbu.html . The article featured a quote that “the new normal is to be overweight or obese”. The epidemic of obesity has presented major health challenges that are not just faced by the developed world but […]

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Temozolomide reduces risk of seizures in low grade glioma!

Low grade gliomas are associated with a higher frequency of seizures.  While antieplipetic medications are utilized to reduced seizure frequency, in this issue of JNNP temozolomide was also associated with a a significant reduction in seizure frequency.  Perhaps temozolomide should be added to therapy of LGGs with intractable seizures.   Read more at http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/86/4/366.abstract   […]

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Spinal cord injury in multiple sclerosis: why is this important for MS clinical trials?

For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), sustained long-term disability is a problem that elicits considerable concern. There is the impact on independence and the potential burden that it may lead to for caregivers. While treatments for MS seem to multiply by the year, established disability remains the one area that is still refractory to treatment. […]

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Confused about encephalopathy? Here’s something that may help.

Confusion. Agitation. Irritability. A wander around any emergency department or neurology ward will yield an abundance of observations that can fall under these categories and yet these are not all due to long waiting times or general hospital mayhem. All these symptoms are common presentations of neurological dysfunction and they are features of that syndrome […]

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