This content is machine translated Findings from the ALS Symposium 2024 in Montreal Current and future approaches in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressing, as yet incurable neurodegenerative disease that poses considerable medical, therapeutic and social challenges. Despite its comparatively low prevalence, ALS represents a central...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Neurology News on the management of MS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and MG The AAN Annual Meeting is one of the world’s largest gatherings of neurologists. The focus of the exchange is on the latest findings from science and research as well as…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Movement disorders Everything but Parkinson’s: Current findings on movement disorders The world of movement disorders is broadly diversified and is one of the most common diseases in neurology. The underlying cause is often a disorder of the basal ganglia, but…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sleep disorders Sleep parameters as signposts for brain functions People who sleep poorly feel tired and listless during the day. Mild sleep problems are probably familiar to everyone. But sufferers with manifest sleep disorders suffer from a variety of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic sialorrhea Approval: Ultrasound-guided injection of incobotulinumtoxinA In numerous neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s syndromes, stroke or traumatic brain injury, impaired sialorrhea may occur. IncobotulinumtoxinA is the first drug to be approved in Switzerland for the treatment…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis of polyneuropathies The high resolution sonography On the one hand, high-resolution sonography enables a better differential diagnosis of the causes of polyneuropathy. On the other hand, this method provides valuable information in the context of follow-up…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Is physical activity a risk factor for ALS? Information on whether or not physical activity is a risk for the development of ALS would be important in terms of understanding pathogenesis. A population-based, multinational case-control study examined this…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Untreated immune neuropathies Importance of sonography Study of the evidence for high-resolution nerve ultrasonography as a cost-effective and rapidly feasible imaging examination method for differentiating immune neuropathies from axonal neuropathies and ALS.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Invasive symptomatic therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Early diaphragmatic stimulation in ALS harms Purpose: Can early diaphragmatic pacing in ALS delay the need for noninvasive ventilation?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Update on diagnostics and therapy of ALS Life expectancy and quality of life of ALS patients can be improved with modern therapy. The patient’s will is paramount and must always be determined. There is no news on…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Sports injuries, illnesses and fatalities Is top-level sport healthy at all? The fact that regular balanced physical activity – i.e. sport – has innumerable positive health effects may be regarded as well known. It was also convincingly shown that the effort…
