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Vaccine Researcher Who Developed Tinnitus After COVID Shot Calls for Further Study

Gregory Poland, MD, advocates both vaccination and better understanding of possible side effect

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Neurologic Complications Rare After COVID-19 Vaccines

Seizures after adenovirus vaccine emerge in VAERS reports

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Cognitive Effects Persist in Older COVID Patients

Long-term cognitive decline common after SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization

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Hearing Loss, Epilepsy May Be Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease

Known symptoms like tremor spotted in primary care records 10 years before diagnosis

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Brain Changes Seen After Mild COVID Infection

Tissue damage, brain shrinkage, cognitive decline emerge in longitudinal study

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Brain Volumes Shrink With One Daily Drink

Even light to moderate alcohol intake shows effects

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Cancer May Heighten Odds of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Link strongest with hematologic malignancies as well as prostate, breast, and respiratory cancers

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Nerve Damage May Contribute to Long COVID Symptoms

Small-fiber neuropathy may stem from defective immune response to SARS-CoV-2

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MS Patients on Cladribine Show Fewer Relapses

Real-world data analysis compares oral disease-modifying therapies

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Tic Severity in Teens Rises With Social Media Use During Pandemic

Study adds to findings linking tics and tic-like behaviors with possible pandemic stress

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Stem Cell Transplantation Shows Benefits in Aggressive MS

No new relapses recorded after autologous transplant

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Deep Learning Identifies PPMS Patients Who May Respond to Treatment

Predictive enrichment could increase the power of future trials

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Paramagnetic Rim Lesions Highly Specific in MS Diagnosis

Sensitivity, accuracy also high in prospective study

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COVID Vax Response Still Impaired in Some MS Patients After Third Shot

Subset of multiple sclerosis patients seroconverted after third dose, however

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Sudden Hearing Loss After COVID Shot: Slight Risk or Just Noise?

Reports continue to be rare, but potential links may need further study

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10 番茄社区 With the Lowest Hourly Rate

Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked

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Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Don't Need Brain Misfires Suppressed

Trial finds seizure meds unwarranted for aberrant EEG patterns in the ICU

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Bad Falls and Bad Calls: Speculation on Bob Saget's Death

Second-guessing the forensic pathologist was bad science and lazy journalism

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Early Seizures After Traumatic Brain Injury Tied to Epilepsy, Mortality

TBI severity, prior comorbidities up risk of early seizures

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Cognitive Effects Persist After Concussion

At 1 year, poor cognitive outcomes were common in people with mild TBI

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Cialis and Brain Blood Flow; Sleep and Media Use; Can Tarantulas Solve Chronic Pain?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Blood Levels of Common Epilepsy Drugs Drop During Pregnancy

Antiseizure medication monitoring should begin early, researchers say

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Certification Status Makes a Difference for Stroke Centers

Lower-level hospitals performing a "surprising" number of thrombectomies

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Evidence for Stroke Thrombectomy in Kids 'as Good as It Gets'

Expansion of EVT bolstered by population-based study from Australia

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Loneliness May Triple Dementia Risk

Even without dementia, lonely feelings linked with brain changes

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COVID Brain Changes Show Parallels With Alzheimer's Disease

Findings may point to potential mechanism for brain fog in people with long COVID

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More Evidence Fuels Debate Over Strep Infections and Tics

Group A strep not tied to tics in kids with family history

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Taking Melatonin? You're Not Alone

More Americans are using melatonin supplements, and in bigger doses

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Blood Biomarkers May Distinguish Dementia Disorders

Plasma levels show diagnostic, prognostic performance in varying dementia types

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Mixing and Matching BP Meds? Consider the Implications for Dementia

SPRINT analysis favors certain classes of antihypertensives

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More Flavonoids, Better Parkinson's Outcome

Flavan-3-ols and anthocyanins consistently linked to lower mortality

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Gene Therapy Shows Clinical Benefit in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Motor development, cognitive function preserved in early-onset patients

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Do Cash Gifts for Mothers in Poverty Help Kids' Early Brain Activity?

Early study results show patterns associated with the development of cognitive skills

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MS Risk Skyrockets After Epstein-Barr Virus, but Not Other Infections

Findings show "compelling evidence of causality"

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Does Edaravone Slow ALS Progression?

Even in subgroup with expected efficacy, prospective study finds no significant effect

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Taste Dysfunction May Linger After COVID-19

Loss of taste not always due to loss of smell

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Alzheimer's Drugs Race to FDA

After aducanumab, drug companies pivot to use the accelerated approval pathway

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Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to Cognitive Impairment

Healthcare workers represent majority of those exposed in French cohort

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Erenumab Appears Safe, Effective in Migraine With Aura

Trial outcomes similar in patients with or without aura

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Novel Myasthenia Gravis Treatment Wins FDA Nod

Efgartigimod is the first approved FcRn blocker

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