Author Archives: Vernon Rowe

Pre-Authorizations: the New Barrier to Health Care

By Elizabeth S. Rowe, Ph.D., M.B.A. The new practice of insurance companies requiring pre-authorization for every test and procedure is resulting in delay and denial of care, sometimes to the point of life threatening injury. We at RNI have experienced

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Spells Seizures and TIA’s

Spells seizures and TIA’s are transient changes in the function of the central nervous system. These transient disturbances all have their diagnostic codes. What I usually tell patients is that the temporary symptom spells seizures, or TIA’s they’ve had is

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MS Clinical Trials — Value for All Patients

MS Clinical Trials–By Vernon Rowe, Doug Schell, Arlene O’Shea, Liegh Kreishel, LeAnn Cannon, Shannon Cone, John Hunter MS Clinical Trials are an extremely important part of our MS center at the RNI, one of the major MS centers in the

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Healthcare and Baseball – In Need of Disruptors

by Vernon Rowe Healthcare and Baseball are alike in many ways, and this similarity was driven home when the Kansas City Royals, against all odds, won the American League pennant in 2014. And again when they won the World Series

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Tesla, Space X, and the RNI

What does RNI have in common with an all-electric car company and efficient space travel? Tesla Motors, Space-X, and the Rowe Neurology Institute have interesting parallels. All have learned the hard way they have to provide everything in house to

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High Prevalence of Sleep Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis

The MS physicians at RNI have known for some time that MS patients have a higher prevalence of sleep disorders, especially sleep disordered breathing and sleep apnea, than the general population. In a poster presentation at the Sleep meetings back

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How To Handle a Sports Concussion: A Neurologist’s Persepective

Love them or hate them, sports are everywhere. Youth, high school, college, recreational, professional — in the US there is no shortage of ways to play. Participating in a sports league yields many benefits such as an improved fitness and

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Can Sleep Give Sports Teams An Advantage? Dr. Rowe on Good SportsTV

What do we know about sports and sleep? Everyone “knows” athletes tend to do better after a good night’s sleep But what’s the data? Dr. Vernon Rowe discussed this topic during an interview by Steve Fisch for his Good Sports

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Snoring Children May Have Sleep Apnea

Snoring in children is not normal, and may be caused by sleep apnea. If not diagnosed and treated, it not only causes a reduced quality of life but also has many developmental consequences. This is discussed in detail in a

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Overview of Best Headache Diagnosis and Treatment Approach, Developed at the Rowe Neurology Institute

You should see a headache neurologist if headaches disrupt your life–period. Headaches are complex, with many possible causes and treatments. They are associated with sleep disorders, and neck pain, and the newly recongized hypermobility syndrome, in ways we’re just not

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