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EEG could be more widely used to identify treatable causes of common disorders in hospital patients, say researchers in Mayo Clinic Proceedings A retrospective study of patients who had in-hospital electroencephalography (EEG) has established that EEG is a valuable tool that could be deployed more widely to identify treatable causes of impaired consciousness in the hospital setting. The study is published in the April issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Altered mental status (AMS) and...

- Researchers will study factors influencing optimal epilepsy outcomes ATLANTA, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A research collaboration to analyze the clinical factors that impact epilepsy care and outcomes was announced today by the Department of Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine and UCB, a leading biopharmaceutical company. This work is part of an innovative research collaboration that seeks to identify factors and approaches that achieve optimal response in epilepsy...

UCLA Case Study Results To Be Presented At Major International Status Epilepticus Conference In Salzburg, Austria LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSigma, Inc., a California-based medical device company, today announced that it will exhibit its CE Mark approved, non-invasive Monarch(TM) eTNS(TM) System for the adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and depression, at the 4th London-Innsbruck Colloquium on Status Epilepticus and Acute Seizures to be held in Salzburg, Austria...

If you or anyone you know has taken Topamax during a pregnancy, the attorneys at d'Oliveira & Associates urge you to contact them immediately. (PRWEB) March 23, 2013 Topamax is a popular anticonvulsant prescription drug manufactured by the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical. Originally approved by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 to treat persons experiencing epileptic seizures, the drug has since been approved as an anti-migraine drug...

Comprehensive Diagnostic Approach Critical To Treating And Resolving Facial Pain KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For people suffering from facial pain life can feel like a nightmare. Many struggle for years searching for answers, seeking treatment from multiple specialists, and finding little relief. The causes and types of facial pain are complex, and finding a specialist who can properly identify the specific type of facial pain, determine the best...

USL261 Demonstrated Improved Bioavailability of Midazolam, Similar Pharmacodynamic Effects, and Comparable Tolerability as Compared with Injectable Midazolam Administered Intranasally in Healthy Volunteers MAPLE GROVE, Minn., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., (Upsher-Smith) today announced that Phase I data for USL261 (intranasal midazolam) in healthy volunteers were presented at the Annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting in San Diego, CA....

MAPLE GROVE, Minn., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. (Upsher-Smith), a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company committed to the development of new treatments for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), is proud to sponsor emerging data for three investigational drug programs in epilepsy at the 65(th) Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in San Diego, CA, March 16-23, 2013. Upsher-Smith's CNS pipeline consists of...

SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study suggests that treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) may be helpful for people whose multiple sclerosis (MS) is not well-controlled through their regular treatment. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013. The study involved 23 people with MS who were taking beta-interferon treatment and had at least one...

In the din of a crowded room, paying attention to just one speaker's voice can be challenging. Research in the March 6 issue of the Cell Press journal Neuron demonstrates how the brain hones in on one speaker to solve this "Cocktail Party Problem." Researchers discovered that brain waves are shaped so that the brain can selectively track the sound patterns from the speaker of interest and at the same time exclude competing sounds from other speakers. The findings could have important...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Doctors and surgeons have been using general anesthetic to induce unconsciousness for over one hundred years, but little work has been done to define what unconsciousness actually is. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from a group of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has defined consciousness more thoroughly by using a high quality electroencephalogram (EEG) to identify the brain waves...