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Michelle Cavanaugh, RN, CPC

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6 Ways Neurology Practices Can Get Up-to-Speed with ICD-10

Neurologists will need to improve documentation for several common diagnoses to make a successful ICD-10 transition. Here are six helpful tips.


Nandini Bahri, MD

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Case Study: Siblings With Hypotonia in All Limbs

Two young siblings presented to the pediatric department with mental retardation, developmental delay, ataxia, and nystagmus since birth. What's your diagnosis after reviewing the case?


Natalie Timoshin

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An Editor in Chief for Neurology Times

We are very pleased to welcome Heidi Moawad, MD as the first ever Editor in Chief of our journal, beginning February 1, 2019.


Naveed Malek, MD

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Parkinson Medication Adherence is Suboptimal

Drugs often involve multiple daily doses with complex dosing regimens, but interventions that have been applied generically to patients with chronic diseases can be applied to these cases as well.


Neal Hermanowicz, MD

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Major Research Goals in Treating Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Parkinson Disease: Neal Hermanowicz, MD

The neurologist at Christus St. Vincent Health System detailed the areas of research dedicated to understanding more about neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson disease and the root causes of the disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]


Neda Razaz, PhD, MPH

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Maternal Obesity and Epilepsy

New findings may have an impact on reducing the epilepsy disease burden in future generations.


Neurology Times Staff

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TS Alliance E-Webinar Series

A look into the numerous education series upcoming in 2021 by the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance


Omair H. Abbasi, MD

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Psychogenic Seizure: 5 Strategies to Assess and Treat

Is it a seizure or something else? Here are 5 tips to assess and treat psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.


Pravin Lakum

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Case Study: Siblings With Hypotonia in All Limbs

Two young siblings presented to the pediatric department with mental retardation, developmental delay, ataxia, and nystagmus since birth. What's your diagnosis after reviewing the case?


Rahil R. Jummani, MD

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Are We Overdiagnosing ADHD?

How best ensure an accurate ADHD diagnosis in the absence of an established gold-standard or neuroimaging test or biomarker?


Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD

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Beyond the Pain: Considering Migraine in Family Planning

Migraine science continues to deepen the understanding of its impact, even beyond the pain and associated symptoms of the individual attacks, better equipping clinicians to meet their patients where they are.


Raymond A. Costa

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Breakthrough Research in Pediatric Epilepsy

Highlights of recent pediatric epilepsy research include a minimally invasive surgical procedure and genetic testing.


Richard S. Cowles, PsyD

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Concussion: Hollywood Spotlights Neuroscience

While Hollywood adapts reality to create a good story, it’s worth fact-checking this movie’s science to better clarify chronic traumatic encephalopathy.


Robert S. Fisher, MD

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What’s in a Name? The Seizure Classification Update and What It All Means

The conventional classification of seizure types needed a makeover. To employ the 2017 ILAE classification, a clinician should follow some general rules.


Roocha Patel, MD

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Loss of Consciousness in an Elderly Woman With Prior CVA: What Cause?

Here, view results of CT of the head and axial FLAIR and axial diffusion-weighted MRI studies. What is in your differential? What is your diagnosis?


Sam Adler, MD

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Psychosis in Parkinson Disease

A host of neuropsychiatric disorders are intrinsic to Parkinson disease or occur as a complication of the dopaminergic therapies. Here's what to look for.


Samantha J. Peterson

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Neurological Disorders: Language & Behavior Issues

Studies discussed include neuropsychiatric symptoms leading to mild cognitive impairment and gesture comprehension and language in children with autism.


Samuel Pleasure, MD, PhD

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Narcolepsy and the Flu

Observations over the last few years have indicated that an inciting event of narcolepsy may be infection with influenza or vaccination with particular influenza vaccines.


Sergio Fantini, PhD

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A New Tool to Assess Brain Vascular Health

Noninvasive measurements of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation can have a significant impact on the assessment of cerebrovascular conditions and can monitor the effects of clinical procedures on brain circulation.


Sreeram Ramagopalan, PhD

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3 New Findings on Epilepsy

ADHD lowers the quality of life in adults with epilepsy; epilepsy is associated with social deprivation and increased risk of venous thromboembolism: details of these recent findings in this slide show.


Steven A. King, MD, MS

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Headache: A Pop Quiz

Test your headache IQ here.


Susan Kweskin

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CGRPs: New Help in Migraine Prophylaxis?

A new class of injectable monoclonal antibodies directed against calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor may offer hope to migraineurs who have not found effective prophylactic therapy.


Taya Varteresian DO, MS

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9 Natural Supplements for Cognitive Impairment

Which vitamins and supplements have shown promise in treating dementia and preventing cognitive decline?


Theodore Henderson, MD, PhD

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Idiopathic Parkinson: Diagnosis of the Deceptive

The emergence of Ioflupane I 123 Injection (DaTSCAN) provides clinicians with helpful information to differentiate idiopathic Parkinson disease from other diseases.


Thomas P. Bravo, MD

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PACAP: Lessons From A Potent Migraine Inducer?

PACAP38 is a potent aggravator of migraine, a new study shows. This provides several new potential therapeutic targets -- most prominently a specific PACAP receptor PAC1.


Todd J. Schwedt, MD

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Poor Acute Treatment May Lead to Chronic Migraine

Efficacy of acute medication matters beyond just treating a single migraine. It may increase the risk of worsened disease.


Veronica Hackenthal, MD

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New Type of Chronic Daily Headache in Older Women?

This case series appears to identify a new subtype of chronic daily headache in overweight/obese women in their fifties and sixties.


Veronica Hackethal MD

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Probing Headaches: A Diagnostic Challenge Quiz

What differentiates migraine from underlying intracranial pathology that may require neuroimaging, like tumors, abscesses, aneurysms, or hemorrhages? Test your skills with this 5-question quiz.


Veronica Hackethal, MD

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Chronic Migraine Out of Control Despite Multiple Drug Trials

Your patient asks if a ketogenic diet can reduce her migraines. What will you tell her?


Yuebing Li, MD

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Finding Consensus: Treating Myasthenia Gravis

The author discusses MG disease classifications as well as treatment goals and treatment adherence.

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