Neurodigest

Nutricia: Helping to Support the Need for Ketogenic Diets in the Epilepsy Population

Ewan Forbes, BSc (Hons) PGDip RD, Medical Affairs Manager, Metabolics & Ketogenics Approximately 600,000 people in the UK have a diagnosis of epilepsy. The prevalence ...(read more)
The brain tumour patient experience of ketogenic diet therapy

Susan Wood*, Specialist Dietitian; Ketogenic Diet Therapies and Catherine Zabilowicz, Nutritional Therapist. ABSTRACT: Background Ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) is creating ...(read more)
The NICE Guideline on Motor Neurone Disease

Professor David Oliver & Rachael Marsden on behalf of the Guideline Development Group David Oliver has recently retired as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the ...(read more)
Motor Neurone Disease: A guide for GPs and primary care teams.

“I was truly impressed by this document as it is comprehensive, informative and in my opinion extremely useful" - comment from Dr Nassif Mansour, GPSI and P-CNS chair. ...(read more)
Rapid and reliable management of early-morning OFF periods in patients with Parkinson’s disease

K. Ray Chaudhuri Professor of Movement Disorders, Director of the National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence, Department of Neurology, King’s College and King’s ...(read more)
Frailty, insomnia, and their risks in neurological conditions

Dr Roger Henderson, a senior GP based in Shropshire, offers some practical thoughts on managing frailty, with a focus on people with progressive neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's. ...(read more)
Epilepsy: The RCGP clinical champions programme

Each year the RCGP chooses three clinical areas and supports efforts to raise the profile and awareness of these areas both within General Practice and across Primary Care. ...(read more)
Exercise and physical activity: Physiotherapists’ perspective

Andrea M. Stennett PhD. About Andrea… Research Neuro-Physiotherapist with a keen interest in the management of long term neurological conditions. Her research interests ...(read more)

Hypnosis & Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FND)

Dr Jason Price About Jason… Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. He is also Chair of the Policy Unit, Division of ...(read more)
It’s OK to say “I don’t know”: Observations from a person with a complex neurological condition

Polly Moyer gives a detailed patient perspective on what it is like to live with a rare neurological condition with an array of sensory symptoms. ...(read more)

Copyright Whitehouse Publishing 2019