Erik Greb

Erik Greb joined the staff of Neurology Reviews in January 2012. Since then, he has attended scientific conferences, conducted video interviews, and written about clinical research in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and other neurologic disorders. In addition to news articles, Erik has written investigative stories about multiple sclerosis, headache, and epilepsy. He previously wrote about pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug formulation and delivery, quality assurance, and regulation for Pharmaceutical Technology.

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How does gender bias affect the headache field?

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 13, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Many female headache specialists report having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, an...

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Opioid use is common among migraineurs who take prescription medication

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 13, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Despite recommendations against it, opioid use is common among migraineurs.

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Fremanezumab benefits patients with inadequate responses to several preventive medications for migraine

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 13, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – The therapy may be effective for a subpopulation of migraineurs that otherwise is difficult to tr...

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Thelarche and menarche are associated with increased prevalence of migraine

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 12, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – The association suggests that earlier exposure to estrogen might increase the risk of migraine in adol...

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Nerve transfer improves function after spinal cord injury

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 12, 2019

The procedure is safe, and combining it with tendon transfer could maximize functional benefit for patients with upper limb paralysis.

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Black holes are associated with impaired cognition in MS

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 9, 2019

SEATTLE – Patients with MS and at least one black hole have poorer cognitive processing speed and visuospatial m...

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LAIV doesn’t up asthmatic children’s risk of lower respiratory events

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 5, 2019

This study finds LAIV as safe as IIV for children and adolescents with asthma or recurrent wheezing.

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Tranexamic acid may not improve neurologic outcomes in patients with TBI

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 5, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Administration of a 2-gram bolus of tranexamic acid to a patient with both TBI and ICH may improve 28-...

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Functional GI disorders are common in MS

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 2, 2019

SEATTLE – In patients with MS, the prevalence of functional GI disorders increases with increasing disability.

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Patients with focal epilepsy have progressive cortical thinning

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: July 1, 2019

The findings appear to support the need for developing disease-modifying treatments for patients with epilepsy.

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Treatment for pediatric low-grade glioma is associated with poor cognitive and socioeconomic outcomes

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: June 29, 2019

The risk for poor outcomes is greater when treatment includes radiotherapy, compared with surgery alone.

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Age does not influence cladribine’s efficacy in MS

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: June 28, 2019

SEATTLE – Cladribine provides comparable reductions in relapse rate and new lesions to patients with relapsing-remitt...

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Automated measurements of plasma predict amyloid status

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: June 27, 2019

An automated immunoassay that measures plasma amyloid-beta could identify patients at risk for amyloid positivity or those eligible for clinical tr...

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Imaging predicts early postural instability in Parkinson’s disease

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: June 25, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Using imaging and clinical data, researchers developed a seven-item scale to identify patients with de...

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CSF neurofilament light level could aid in diagnosis

Author:: Erik Greb

Publish date: June 18, 2019

The level of neurofilament light in CSF may distinguish frontotemporal dementia from other dementias and Parkinson’s disease from atypical parkinso...