Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is often difficult to distinguish from Parkinson's disease (PD) with autonomic failure, but this is an important distinction for research studies as well as for clinical ...

One of the greatest rewards in practicing medicine is successfully treating and alleviating a patient’s illness – but first, we often face a challenging and complex diagnostic process when our ...

NORFOLK, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sentara Healthcare is introducing a sweat chamber that employs Thermoregulatory Sweat Testing (TST) to help diagnose patients suffering from symptoms related to the ...

Results from a new study suggest that autonomic testing can identify neuropathy before clinical autonomic symptoms or pain are apparent. Information on patterns of neuropathic symptoms and ...

In early 2020, no one anticipated the long-term consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the first year of the pandemic, the focus was survival from acute infection.

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...

Discovery of Brain-Body Connection Offers Clues for Parkinson’s and Alcohol Use Disorder When danger lurks, instinct keeps us ...

A scientific statement has been published by the AHA regarding COVID-19-associated cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic dysfunction. The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement ...

Findings showed that autonomic symptom burden was slightly more severe in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with those with NMOSD, although the difference was not statistically ...