AI Can Play a Role in Reducing Stroke Disparities But concerns remain about the potential for bias and differential access Jul 24, 2023
Alzheimer's Blood Tests May Improve Primary Care Diagnoses Without biomarkers, primary care doctors correctly identified Alzheimer's in about 55% of cases Jul 21, 2023
Study of 1.6 Million Veterans Links Neighborhood and Dementia Risk Despite equal access to care, health inequalities persisted in disadvantaged areas Jul 20, 2023
Those Studies Backing Vagus Nerve Stimulation for RA? Umm... Randomized trial gives hopes for novel treatment a cold shower Jul 20, 2023
Sleep Quality Linked With Cognition Across Five Cohorts Inaugural Sleep and Dementia Consortium analysis points to associations with sleep apnea Jul 19, 2023
This Common Device Can Slow Cognitive Decline, Trial Shows Hearing loss is more than a marker for dementia risk, it appears Jul 18, 2023
Donanemab Slows Progression in Early Alzheimer's Safety issues linger, as details of three deaths emerge Jul 17, 2023
Retinal OCT Shows Promise as Diagnostic Aid for Mild Cognitive Impairment Matched scans exhibit good repeatability, distinguish normal cognition from mild impairment Jul 17, 2023
Low Amyloid Burden Bodes Well for Future Dementia Risk A ray of hope amidst disappointing results from A4 trial Jul 17, 2023
Why Do Superagers Have Sharper Memory? Study untangles characteristics linked with better brains in 80-year-olds Jul 14, 2023
Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments Jul 12, 2023
BRAF-MEK Inhibition Achieves 'Near Universal' Response in Rare Brain Tumor BRAF V600E-mutated papillary craniopharyngiomas shrink with upfront drug therapy Jul 12, 2023
Social Isolation Tied to Brain Volume in Older Adults Relationship between brain atrophy and social contact may be "a vicious cycle" Jul 12, 2023
Registry Enrollment for Alzheimer's Drug Coverage Won't Help Much A minimalist policy for a minimalist treatment Jul 11, 2023
White House Drug Czar Releases Plan to Combat Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Strategy involves a "whole-of-government" response, says Rahul Gupta Jul 11, 2023
A Young Girl's Sudden Bilateral Mydriasis and Abnormal Gait An infection treated 2 weeks earlier may have been the culprit Jul 10, 2023
Adapted CAR-T Therapy Shows Promise in Myasthenia Gravis Proof-of-concept study suggests RNA-engineered cells may be less toxic Jul 07, 2023
Stimulants for ADHD in Childhood Not Linked to Substance Use Later On Similar results were also observed for substance use disorder, longitudinal study shows Jul 05, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Even in Women 55 and Younger But experts disagree about what the findings actually mean Jun 29, 2023
Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's Episode Shows Adults Can Be Diagnosed, Too Tourette's is often diagnosed in childhood and symptoms abate with age, but not always Jun 28, 2023
MS Disease Severity Tied to Genetic Variant Findings mark a significant breakthrough in understanding how MS progresses Jun 28, 2023
FDA Greenlights New Myasthenia Gravis Drug First therapy approved for anti-AChR-positive and anti-MuSK antibody-positive patients Jun 27, 2023
Speech Predicts Alzheimer's; Afib and Dementia in Women; Who Gets Lecanemab? News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 27, 2023
Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle A brief assessment in primary care can help identify patients most at risk Jun 27, 2023
At $20K, Stem Cell Eye Injections May Also Cost Patients Their Sight Patients claim vision got worse after "clinical trial" at Florida stem cell clinic Jun 26, 2023
Our Health Systems Aren't Ready for the Full Approval of Lecanemab Screening, administration, and eligibility concerns remain Jun 23, 2023
Controversial Gene Therapy Wins FDA Approval for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Sarepta's treatment gets a nod for ambulatory pediatric patients Jun 22, 2023
Head Hits, Not Concussions, Tied to CTE Repetitive impact predicted chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football players Jun 21, 2023
Gabapentinoid, Opioid Prescriptions Rose in Older Patients After Surgery Almost all procedures had an increase in both types of prescribing, Medicare data showed Jun 16, 2023
No Increase in Major Cardiac Events With Testosterone-Replacement Therapy Men with hypogonadism and heart disease or risk factors saw no increased risk vs placebo Jun 16, 2023
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked With Increased Stroke Risk Swedish study is largest, with longest follow-up to date Jun 14, 2023
'Smart' Drugs May Backfire When Used as Cognitive Enhancers Productivity falls when stimulants are used for complex tasks Jun 14, 2023
Lower Dementia Risk May Be Linked With Shingles Vaccine Unique randomization of 300,000 people in Wales suggests an association Jun 12, 2023
AMA Wrestles With Part B Drug Costs, Wheelchair Ramps, and Dementia Care At the House of Delegates meeting, members debated on various topics Jun 12, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Clears Major Hurdle Toward Full Approval But risks associated with anti-amyloid agent lecanemab still loom Jun 09, 2023
Higher Fetal Cortisol Levels Linked to Sleep Onset Delays Greater neonatal hair cortisol at birth predicted longer sleep onset latency at 7 months Jun 09, 2023
