http://sarasotaneurology.com Interesting Topics in Neurology Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:35:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Migraine & Headaches - No Need to Suffer Migraine and headache are one of the most common complaints physicians see in their office. There are 30 million migraine sufferers in the United States. That represents ten percent of the population. Unfortunately only about fifty percent of patients suffering from migraine and ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2010/08/30/podcast-migraine-and-headaches-no-need-to-suffer/ Migraine headaches are a common medical condition in the United States, affecting approximately 12% of the entire population. It is estimated that there are 35-45 million migraine and headaches sufferers in the U.S.  An unfortunate fact is that only 50% of all headache and migraine patients are medically treated. Individuals ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2010/03/27/fda-approves-new-migraine-medication-sumavel/ A recent report in the Journal of the AMA (De Vos, et al JAMA 2009) reported that platelet rich plasma therapy was no more effective for chronic Achilles tendinopathy than standard, conservative therapy. This study was inherently flawed in its design resulting in incorrect conclusions. Platelet rich plasma is the ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2010/01/15/jama-reports-prp-not-effective-a-poorly-designed-study/ In this episode of the Sarasota Neurology Podcast, Dr. Kassicieh discusses Platelet Rich Plasma  and Regenerative Medicine. [podcast]http://sarasotaneurology.com/media/Sarasota-Neurology-Podcast-PRP-20091221.mp3[/podcast] Regenerative medicine is a new, exciting branch of medicine which deals with healing injured or damaged tissue with the body’s own natural healing mechanism. To do this, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is extracted from ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2009/12/21/podcast-platelet-rich-plasma-regenerates-injured-joints-and-relieves-pain/ As a neurologist who sees many patients with neck, back and various joint pains, I practice an area of medicine known as neuro-orthopedics. As such, I treat patients for their pain without surgical intervention. Many patients with neck, back and joint pain (knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, etc.) can ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2009/10/25/regenerative-medicine-platelet-rich-plasma-provides-joint-pain-relief/ Much has been said and written about caffeine over the past half century. There have been over 20,000 studies conducted looking at the various effects and benefits of caffeine over this period of time. Numerous studies have demonstrated the tremendous health benefits that can be derived ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2009/10/04/caffeine-natures-own-wonder-drug/ The FDA has approved two additional medications specifically for the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms. The first drug to ever be approved for fibromyalgia treatment was Lyrica. Lyrica was developed as an anti-seizure medication and has FDA approval for this and treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. Since its initial release, the ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2009/09/20/cymbalta-savella-new-hope-for-fibromyalgia-patients/ Vascular disease or "hardening of the arteries", also known as atherosclerotic disease, is the number one cause of death in the United States. Contributing risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Diabetes is a major risk factor, equivalent to that of having had a heart attack. There ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2009/07/10/coffee-tea-reduce-risk-of-stroke-and-tia/ How To Install a RAID Configuration on Windows XP Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install a RAID configuration on Windows XP. I would encourage anyone contemplating this to read as many tech forums on this subject as is reasonable. Read Steps 1-6 BEFORE PROCEEDING: 1. Build your computer with all ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2008/10/15/how-to-install-a-raid-configuration-on-windows-xp/ Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, just behind Alzheimer's disease. Parkinson's disease is characterized by specific clinical symptoms including rigidity (stiffness), slowness of movement, unsteadiness (gait imbalance) and tremor. For the accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease to be made, a patient needs to have 3 of the ... http://sarasotaneurology.com/2008/10/08/relief-from-parkinson-disease-freezing-off-time/