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A new tool to add to your armamentarium? from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2XfAkSx

Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but gaining a better sense of the frequency, risks, and impact on patients’ quality of life can help improve treatment efforts and enhance outcomes. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2QwrFZe

COMMENTARY Around three times more women than men have migraine. This marked difference in prevalence is one of the most well-known features of the illness. Yet, our certainty about this gendered ratio is a remarkably recent development. How have  evolving ideas about migraine symptoms, classification, and gendered characteristics  led us to this figure of 3:1? from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2X6ryWR

A combination of biomarkers that might assist physicians in differentiating syncope from seizure; LiTT for intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy—these and other insights. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2WlXCsF

Autism diagnostic stability starts early, much MS misdiagnosis and unnecessary medication, CBD reduces seizures in children, and other recent findings are summarized here. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2JURAZs

Patients with drug-resistant seizures should have an epilepsy center evaluation to confirm the diagnosis and determine the epilepsy syndrome and possible candidacy for neurosurgery. Guidelines here. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/30CmdJa

A patient with worsening atrial fibrillation experiences improvement of his symptoms and heart rate with chiropractic manipulation. More in this podcast. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2WcUJKN

Insights about where stem cell treatment of neurological diseases is headed. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2HxEcYl

These new studies describe events and risks that go after, or before, the onset of symptoms. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2W7Z3ux

Patients with epilepsy often seek CAM therapies—with or without the recommendations or explicit approval of their neurologist. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2Q9lAlc

How are you counseling patients and families about the risks and benefits of playing sports with repetitive head blows and the risk of CTE? from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2E9yuLk

Advances in the diagnosis and management of SMA include molecular genetic testing and the FDA approval of a disease-modifying therapy. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2W0cm0i

Recent findings challenge previous assumptions about the genesis of atherosclerosis. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2PUTASm

New guidelines reflect a growing interest in behavioral treatments and neuromodulation. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2LyiU22

Clicking sounds in the patient’s ears were initially thought to be auditory hallucinations, but a thorough neurological examination revealed the true cause. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2H2dgzO

Cognitive deficits are gender based, opioids complicate prophylactic treatment, patients with migraine seen by ophthalmologists—find concise summaries of these and other findings here. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2GUZHSy

Women are three times more susceptible to migraine than are men. The difference is so pronounced that men with migraine are at risk for being underdiagnosed and undertreated. Why such a discrepancy? from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2GTl9HM

The CAM options described here may help prevent trauma-related neurodegeneration over the long term. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2LiQ85x

Neurology Times' inaugural Special Report explores TBI, providing key insights and practical strategies as well as focused approaches to clinical care. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2VEgqD9

Despite advances in neurology, a silent epidemic of older adults who sustain a TBI is growing. The authors provide tools and tips for a geriatric approach to treatment. from Front page feed http://bit.ly/2LiQ1H9