CA_092018_Feature-2_Image Pseudobulbar affect is a significant national health issue in the United States, with approximately 2 million individuals affected. Pseudobulbar affect is characterized by ...

Baahubali actor Anushka Shetty suffers from a rare laughing disorder also known as Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA). It is a neurological condition that causes uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying.

A new drug may be the first to give relief to sufferers of pseudobulbar affect. Nov. 4, 2010— -- When David Diehl, a third-generation family farmer, became a paraplegic five days after an ...

In his 1872 book “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, ” Charles Darwin cautioned his readers that “We must not, however, lay too much stress on the copious shedding of tears by the ...

Pseudobulbar Affect is a neurological disorder that results in sudden, uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying that do not align with the individual's actual emotional state. These emotional ...

The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting marketing authorization of a treatment for pseudobulbar affect (PBA) in adults ...

Avanir announced that Nuedexta (dextromethorphan hydrobromide and quinidine sulfate capsules) is now available for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect. Pseudobulbar affect is a neurologic condition ...

SAN DIEGO, California — The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) approval of dextromethorphan and quinidine (Nuedexta, Avanir), the first drug in the United States to have an indication for ...

Pseudobulbar affect is a common complication of neurological impairment in stroke patients. Cognitive impairment during the acute phase after stroke is an independent risk factor for pseudobulbar ...

Some people who suffer from neurologic conditions, such as stroke, dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, as well as those who've sustained brain injuries, face an added indignity: ...

This article is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In long-term care environments, it’s not uncommon for site staff including nurses, administrators, physical therapists, physicians and ...