Neurology

Study finding negligible effect on microvasculature may be more about selected patients.

Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone.

Dr. Mohamed A.M. Labib had developed the surgical techniques that were used to access the hard-to-reach tumour in the skull base through the patient’s eye socket, which he calls ‘the third nostril.’

The study says well-known conditions such as traumatic brain injury and metastatic cancer were identified in all 25 patients, who were evaluated at New Brunswick’s Horizon Health Network and Ontario’s University Health Network.

The CAN-PCC Collaborative recently issued the first Canadian evidence-based guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing and treating post COVID-19 condition.

Each new wave of COVID-19 automatically leads to new cases of long COVID. These patients, however, struggle to be diagnosed and are not always properly managed.

A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.

Randomized clinical trial shows benefits beyond treating sleep apnea.