The American Neurological Association (ANA) , the professional organization representing the world’s top academic neurologists and neuroscientists, has announced the recipients of its 2021 scientific awards, to be presented during the 146th ANA Annual Meeting , which will be
If you know you need more sleep —or better sleep—and aren't quite sure how to make it happen, it's time to talk about pre-sleep habits that might help. Busy schedules and busy brains cut into precious sleep time, whether it’s a conscious decision or not, which is why so
Having trouble sleeping? You're not alone. Sleep disorders have grown so prevalent since the start of the pandemic, there's a name for it — "coronasomnia."
As physicians and health policy experts debate the merits of Aduhelm, the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease approved in 18 years, patients want to know: “Will this medication help me — and how much?”
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many neurologic clerkships underwent changes in format. Here, clerkship directors and professors of neurology share how training might evolve as a result and what the student experience was like in clinic.
Data from clinical trials of three experimental Alzheimer’s disease drugs expected to start emerging next year could help shed light on whether U.S. regulators were justified in their controversial approval of a Biogen Inc
2021 University of Michigan Neurology and Neurosurgery Neuroscience Day Winners:
If you’re having trouble falling asleep, problems remembering or concentrating are likely to occur more than a decade later, according to new University of Michigan research.
Norman Mayer, 86, walks around with a computer chip in his chest and doesn't think a thing about it.
Deep brain stimulation remained effective in Parkinson's disease patients more than 15 years after the device was implanted, and patients continued to demonstrate significant improvement in motor symptoms, a retrospective study showed.
Alzheimer’s disease impacts roughly 5 million Americans, a number that is expected to grow as our population ages over the next three decades.
The signs of a TIA to watch for and how to handle the urgent situation.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Clinical Practice Guideline
Sniffly, sneezy, and headachey? The reason for your head pain may be pollen.
In conversation with Being Patient leading up to the 2021 NIH Alzheimer’s Research Summit, University of Michigan assistant professor of neurology Dr. Lisa McGinley shed light on the current developments of stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s.
When we asked Brian Bush, senior manager of neurodiagnostics at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan, if there was anyone on his team he’d like to highlight during Neurodiagnostic Week for their great work over the last year, he insisted on including his whole team
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine released an update highlighting the benefits of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.
As of this article’s publication, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech has not been shown to cause Prion diseases or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Experts say a paper circulating online does not provide legitimate evidence otherwise.
People with obstructive sleep apnea who treat their apnea with the commonly-prescribed positive airway pressure therapy were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia.
Just over a year ago, Christina Costa was focused on her third year as a University of Michigan psychology student working toward a Ph.D. But testing for what she believed were migraine headaches would temporarily take her life in a new direction.
