Neurology News
WFN–IAN Asian Department Visit Program in India 2024
13 May 2024
WFN and the Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) are pleased to invite two Asian Oceanian colleagues to visit the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. EXTENDED DEADLINE 23rd May 2024.
Brain Health Around the World [World Neurology 39:2 Editor's Choice]
13 May 2024
Prof. Grisold reviews the impact of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) update, brain health, and World Brain Day.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences issue 460 now available
9 May 2024
Vol. 460, May 2024 now available
Prof. Alla Guekht elected ILAE President-elect
8 May 2024
World Federation of Neurology congratulates Prof. Alla Guekt on her election as President-elect of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), 2025-29.
Remote pulmonary function testing allows for early identification of need for non-invasive ventilation in a subset of person
2 May 2024
The traditional ALS multidisciplinary clinical practice of quarterly respiratory assessment may leave some individuals in danger of developing untreated respiratory insufficiency between visits or beginning non-invasive ventilation (NIV) later than would be optimal. Remote, or home-based, pulmonary function testing (rPFT) allows patients with ALS to perform regular respiratory testing at more frequent intervals in the home. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical benefit of weekly rPFT compared to standard, quarterly in-clinic respiratory assessments
Timing initiation of non-invasive ventilation in management of ALS [JNS459 Editor's Choice]
23 Apr 2024
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) has become a widely accepted mode of management for ventilatory failure due to the otherwise fatal combination of upper and lower motor neuron weakness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
New mechanism uncovered in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
16 Apr 2024
In a new study published in Developmental Cell, researchers from the lab of Wim Annaert (VIB-KU Leuven) have identified a novel mechanism potentially connected to the early stages of AD.
Novel Biological Mechanism Discovered That Could Lead to New Treatments for Neurological Disorders, Cancers
4 Apr 2024
Researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago discover a fundamental biological mechanism that could lead to new treatments for neurological diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and autism, as well as different cancers.
Placebo/Nocebo and the Brain [World Neurology 39:1 Editor's Choice]
25 Mar 2024
Placebo and recently the term nocebo are often used in situations where uncertain effects, possibly the effect of the mind works, and have been often disregarded as scientifical activities. All of us working with patients are implicitly using the concept of placebo, and sometimes the negative prediction, the nocebo.
24 March is World Tuberculosis Day
22 Mar 2024
The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.
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