A systematic review synthesized findings from six case reports that linked semaglutide use for obesity to Wernicke encephalopathy in mostly middle-aged patients with multiple comorbidities. In each ...

Hepatic encephalopathy is a decline in brain function that occurs as a result of severe liver disease. In this condition, your liver can’t adequately remove toxins from your blood. This causes a ...

The associated underlying disease is used to classify hepatic encephalopathy: type A is related to acute liver injury, type B is related to portosystemic shunting, and type C is related to cirrhosis.

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Hashimoto encephalopathy is a rare condition that affects the brain. The disease’s symptoms, severity, and progression may vary between affected people. Some experts believe it has links to another ...

Most people who met proposed clinical criteria meant to identify chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) during life did not show hallmark brain changes of the disease at autopsy. The findings raise ...

Researchers from Kansas City University School of Medicine have published a scoping review examining the role of astrocytes ...

Arun B. Jesudian, MD: I think it’s been a really fantastic discussion. I want to close by looking towards the future a little bit. So a couple questions and anybody can chime in. One is this whole gut ...

We previously reported early results of a randomized trial of whole-body hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy showing a significant reduction in the rate of death or moderate or ...

Hepatic encephalopathy refers to the neurological symptoms that can occur as a result of liver failure. In the advanced stages, hepatic encephalopathy is referred to as hepatic coma and can eventually ...