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No Change in Huntington's Motor Symptoms With Investigational Drug

Laquinimod shows reduced caudate volume loss versus placebo in phase II study

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Before Stroke Thrombectomy, Keep the Bed Flat, Trial Says

Tilting the head of the bed up during early window in large vessel occlusion hurts outcomes

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Iatrogenic Fusarium Solani Meningitis Cases Caused Severe Injury to Brain Stem

Combination of novel antifungal, steroids, and surgery likely saved some, report shows

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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Tied to Less Alzheimer's Risk

Large U.K. study tracked health records of 270,000 men

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Greco-Roman Dementia; Prion Disease Vigilance; ChatGPT and Alzheimer's

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Triptans Warrant Their Current Contraindication, Analysis Suggests

Acute migraine drugs raised ischemic event odds for people with underlying risk factors

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Even With Alzheimer's Pathology, Healthy Lifestyles May Preserve Cognition

More data support the idea of "cognitive reserve"

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Cognitive Slowing May Be a Hallmark of Long COVID

Reaction time to visual stimuli shows promise as a cognitive marker

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Tied to Lower Midlife Cognitive Test Scores

MRI data hint at lower white matter integrity

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Donor Milk, Formula Go Head-to-Head for Extreme Preemies in the NICU

Similar neurodevelopmental outcomes, but less necrotizing enterocolitis with donor milk

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Potentially Protective Agent Shows Benefit in Niemann-Pick Type C

Better neurologic symptoms after treatment with N-acetyl-L-leucine

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Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Abandoned

Biogen will stop developing and selling aducanumab

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GLP-1 Drugs Tame Brain Inflammation; Novel Painkiller Succeeds; Headache as Metaphor

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscienc

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Merrick Garland's Surgery; Neuralink's Human Brain Chip; Novel Drug Cuts Pain

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances

Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure

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Viral Infection, Neuroinflammation Flagged in SIDS Autopsies

Next-generation molecular tools turned up insights not detected by typical autopsy methods

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Shunted Infantile Hydrocephalus Linked to Early Puberty in Girls

Myelomeningocele, repeated shunt revision are associated with higher risk in observational study

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New Parkinson's Definition Proposed Based on Biomarkers

Framework focuses on the biology of Lewy body diseases

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Sleep, Energy Levels Linked With Next-Day Headaches

Anxiety, depression, stress as headache predictors were superseded by sleep changes

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Benzodiazepines Tied to Worse Outcomes in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Drugs are commonly prescribed to treat insomnia, anxiety in PSP

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Unusual Visual Symptoms and Alzheimer's; Infections and Dementia; Head Trauma and MS

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Gabapentinoid Use Continues to Climb

Gabapentin still commonly prescribed off-label for chronic pain

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Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows High Diagnostic Accuracy

Commercial ptau-217 assay reduced confirmatory testing by about 80%

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COVID Vax During Pregnancy Safe for Infant Brain Development, Study Suggests

Observational data out to 18 months await confirmation in longer-term follow-up

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Allogeneic Stem Cell Therapy Falls Short on Stroke Outcomes

Hints at improvement for younger patients, those with larger infarct size

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Transparent Brain Implant; Neurology Pay Models; What Predicts Cognitive Reversion

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Neurologic Risk Slight After COVID Vaccines, Extensive Review Shows

Immune-mediated neurologic events may include Guillain-Barre syndrome or Bell's palsy

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Face Blindness Is Not Always Permanent

Largest study to date looks at inability to recognize familiar faces

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Pain, Impairment Linger Months After ECMO for Most

Meta-analysis shows long-term functional and cognitive problems, neuropsychiatric symptoms

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MS Risk Linked to Ancient Migrations

Findings may help demystify multiple sclerosis

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What Super-Agers Show; Epstein-Barr and Early MS; Five Variants of Alzheimer's

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Shows Benefit for Progressing Stroke

Urgent anticoagulation with argatroban shows no bleeding downside in EASE trial

Open Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Treatment?; Managing TMD

Also in TTHealthWatch: IV drug for early atrial fibrillation

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Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life

Quality -- not quantity -- of sleep may matter most, research suggests

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Neurologic Disabilities Linked to Long COVID Risks

Certain persistent symptoms more likely compared with other COVID patients

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Dementia Drugs Seen Lowering Risk for Macular Degeneration

But not by very much or very quickly, VA analysis finds

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Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels

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Alzheimer's Paper Retracted; Pets and Human Cognition; Long COVID Internal Tremors

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond: "There is so much more to be done"

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Brain Impairment Persists at Least 18 Months After COVID Hospitalization

Cognitive dysfunction similar to that seen in other illnesses of comparable severity

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