Trial News Online has published an article examining Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) in the context of bariatric surgery, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 12 -- Weight-loss surgery may also cause memory loss and other serious neurologic problems in a small number of patients. At least 32 cases of Wernicke's encephalopathy -- a ...

Dear M.L.J.: WE is caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). (I had never heard the term "wet brain" to describe this ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impact Biomedicines today presented a case review on fedratinib, a selective oral small molecule JAK2 kinase inhibitor that is being developed for the treatment of ...

While attending the 2018 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting in Los Angeles, California, Medscape contributor Andrew N. Wilner, MD, interviewed Ariel Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD, about her case ...

Wernicke's encephalopathy has classically been described in adult alcoholics as the triad of altered mental status, ocular abnormalities, and ataxia. It is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency ...

A 50 year-old woman with intractable vomiting developed confusion, poor memory and loss of vision. Wernicke's Encephalopathy: (Left) Flair axial MRI, (Middle) T1-weighted axial MRI, (Right) ...

A 52 year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse was brought in by his family for confusion. On examination, he had bilateral sixth nerve palsies and difficulty with upgaze. Wernicke's encephalopathy ...