A new Mayo Clinic study found that it is generally safe to withdraw anti-seizure medications in children with epilepsy who have achieved seizure-freedom while on the medication. Researchers found that these children were not at high risk of subsequently developing intractable epilepsy.
“The risk of children developing intractable epilepsy after withdrawal of anti-seizure medication was only [...]
A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients survived significantly longer when surgery was followed by radiation therapy.
“This study is exciting because it shows how well glioma patients can [...]
A new study led by Mayo Clinic found that a growth hormone, IGF-1, showed no benefit for patients with ALS. The study included 330 people from 20 different medical centers. Two previous studies of the growth hormone had conflicting results. Eric Sorenson, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist, was the lead author of this study.
ALS causes degeneration of the [...]
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a method to reduce the production of alpha-synuclein in the brain. Alpha-synuclein is a protein that is believed to be central to the cause of Parkinson’s disease. All patients with Parkinson’s disease have abnormal accumulations of alpha-synuclein protein in the brain.
The new method involves the delivery of RNA interference compounds [...]
For more than ten years, Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon Robert Spinner, M.D., has been on a quest to identify the cause and best treatment of intraneural ganglion cysts. These rare cysts form within nerves, causing symptoms such as motor loss, sensory abnormality or pain.
“These cysts have been considered a curiosity in the medical community and many [...]
A new international collaborative study led by Mayo Clinic found that the risk of a brain aneurysm rupturing over time depends on the location and size of the aneurysm.
A brain aneurysm, also known as an intracranial or cerebral aneurysm, is an abnormal sac or tiny balloon on a blood vessel to the brain. Aneurysms can [...]
A new Mayo Clinic study found that two particular enzymes were elevated in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The levels of these enzymes also were associated with the patients’ levels of disability. This gives researchers new hope in developing a therapy for patients with progressive MS.
To help distinguish between the types of MS and [...]
