Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP May 20, 2021
Sudden Hearing Loss Reported After COVID Vaccines Preliminary report teases apart VAERS data to identify most likely cases May 20, 2021
Breast Cancer and MS: New Data Shed Light on Survival Study compares breast cancer patients with and without MS May 19, 2021
LAA Occlusion During Surgery Cuts Stroke Risk Afib patients on antithrombotic therapy saw gains from add-on left atrial appendage occlusion May 16, 2021
Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID "Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes May 14, 2021
SRS Proves Promising for Brainstem Metastases Results comparable to stereotactic radiosurgery for non-brainstem brain mets May 14, 2021
Implanted Sensor Translates Brain Signals Into Text Brain-computer interface decodes handwriting movements from neural activity May 12, 2021
Blood Thinners Continue at End of Life, Despite Risks No clear guideline for stopping anticoagulants in patients with advanced dementia May 10, 2021
Defining Alzheimer's: Should Cognitively Unimpaired People Be Included? A definition that works for research is not right for the clinic, experts argue May 08, 2021
Thiotepa-Based Conditioning Promising for Primary CNS Lymphoma Commonly used regimens with autologous transplant improved survival May 06, 2021
Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic May 05, 2021
ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help? May 04, 2021
Dissolving Film Quells Agitation in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Improvements seen in 30 minutes or less with investigational oral agent May 03, 2021
This Is How Much Every Second Counts in Stroke Thrombectomy Delays until reperfusion cost years of healthy life, meta-analysis suggests May 03, 2021
Amphetamine Patch Succeeds Among Kids With ADHD Investigational patch worn for 9 hours on the hip May 03, 2021
New Clues to Sleep Problems, Solutions in Cancer Patients Studies in GI and breast cancers zero in on sleep disturbance during active treatment Apr 30, 2021
Endocarditis After Low-Risk TAVR: Different Trajectory, Problem Organisms Low-risk patients "not immune" to rare infection, LRT studies show Apr 30, 2021
Chronic Pain Patients Find Relief With Cannabis, Despite Varying Evidence "The problem is that we cannot find predictors for good responses yet," says pain specialist Apr 30, 2021
Involuntary Psychiatric Holds in Kids: The Known Unknowns Literature review turns up factors associated with youth psych admissions, and knowledge gaps Apr 30, 2021
Delayed Diagnosis Common in Spinal Ailment Typical 7-year delay after symptom onset leaves patients at risk for irreversible damage Apr 30, 2021
Did Vaping THC 'Wax' for 5 Days Cause This Teen Girl's Seizure? Evidence for the effect of THC on seizure threshold is conflicting, clinicians say Apr 29, 2021
Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud Apr 28, 2021
Managing Risk of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain: Timing Is Key Psychological interventions can support other treatment Apr 28, 2021
Facial Paralysis After COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Know Analysis suggests no higher safety signal than other vaccines Apr 27, 2021
Diabetes, Dementia, and Age: What's the Link? Age of diabetes onset, as well as cardiovascular comorbidities, play large role in dementia risk Apr 27, 2021
Will Telehealth Shape the Future of Pain Care? Lessons from the pandemic may guide the way pain medicine is delivered Apr 26, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Promising in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Significant benefit for women over weight loss program, which went unused by most participants Apr 26, 2021
COVID-19 Pain Poses Unique Challenges Neuropathic pain may be common, especially after prolonged ICU stay Apr 26, 2021
Alzheimer's Aducanumab Redosing Study Underway Nearly 1,400 patients whose treatment was stopped when trials were halted have enrolled Apr 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Are Marijuana Use and Suicide Linked? A review of the data show there's cause for alarm Apr 23, 2021
Novel Oxybate Tx Helps Idiopathic Hypersomnia Patients Lower-sodium oxybate improves scores on sleepiness scale compared with placebo Apr 23, 2021
Human IgG1 Antibody Shows Promise in Myasthenia Gravis Phase III study shows improvements in activities of daily living Apr 22, 2021
BTK Inhibitor Cuts Marker of Neuronal Damage in Relapsing MS Novel agent lowered neurofilament light chain levels, may help reduce neuroaxonal damage Apr 22, 2021
Ultra-Long-Acting Schizophrenia Pill Success; What 'Cured' Seth Rogen's ADHD? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Apr 21, 2021
Vaccines and Long COVID: Top NIH Leaders Weigh in at Neurology Meeting Can research on long COVID help people with chronic fatigue? Apr 21, 2021
Migraines Bode Poorly for Blood Pressure in Menopausal Women Migraine medication use, presence of auras made no difference in observational study Apr 21, 2021
