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Common Drugs, Vaccines Tied to Less Dementia Risk; New LATE Criteria; Rethinking ALS

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Palliative Care in the ED; Eyeing Risk Factors for Stroke

Also in TTHealthWatch: improving outcomes in large strokes

Jan 18, 2025
Hormone Therapy Not Linked to Sex-Based Difference in Glioma Incidence

Analyses of current or former use, duration of use, social factors fail to show an association

Jan 18, 2025
Brain Changes Emerge Decades Before Huntington's Diagnosis

Findings may have implications for understanding other neurodegenerative diseases

Jan 17, 2025
Ozempic/Wegovy and 14 Other Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation

25 drugs chosen so far comprise about a third of Medicare Part D spending on prescription drugs

Jan 17, 2025
Brain Changes Emerge Decades Before Huntington's Diagnosis

Findings may have implications for understanding other neurodegenerative diseases

Ozempic/Wegovy and 14 Other Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation

25 drugs chosen so far comprise about a third of Medicare Part D spending on prescription drugs

Neurology Case Studies

Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo

The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable

A photo of a woman sitting on an exercise mat and using a massage gun on her neck.
What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy?

Seizures were triggered by exposure to cold due to reflex epilepsy

 A woman undergoing an electroencephalograph.
Transient Left-Sided Weakness, Facial Palsy in Middle-Age Man

Timely recognition of this rare phenomenon considered crucial to prevent recurrent stroke

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DEA Proposes a Special Registry for Telehealth Providers of Controlled Substances

Agency also issues final rule for 6-month buprenorphine prescriptions issued over the phone

Jan 16, 2025
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HHS Inspector General Raises Concerns Over FDA's Accelerated Approvals

Three drug approvals in a sample of 24 deviated from others

Jan 16, 2025
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Patisiran Shows Long-Term Benefit in Hereditary ATTR With Polyneuropathy

RNAi drug led to modest changes in disability, severity, and quality of life over 5 years

Jan 15, 2025
 A computer rendering of RNA strands inside of a syringe.
Coffee, Green Tea, and the Brain; Women and Alzheimer's; Dementia Life Expectancy

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

Jan 14, 2025
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Intra-Arterial Lytics After Successful Stroke Thrombectomy Did Not Improve Outcomes

Study results were neutral for periprocedural intra-arterial urokinase, tenecteplase

Jan 13, 2025
A computer rendering of a thrombus blocking a blood vessel.
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Double the Risk of Melanoma as Adults

Radiation exposure, type and cumulative dose of chemotherapy drive melanoma risk

Jan 13, 2025
A close up photo of a melanoma.
Dementia Cases to Double in the U.S.

1 million adults projected to develop dementia each year by 2060

Jan 13, 2025
A computer rendering of nerve cells affected by amyloid plaques.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation After Tai Chi Improves Sleep in Older Adults

Randomized trial in China finds cognitive benefit, too

Jan 10, 2025
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Study Questions Genetic Test for Opioid Addiction Risk

Clinical utility of the FDA-approved test isn't clear, researchers say

Jan 09, 2025
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Tool Predicts Age at Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Onset

Florey Dementia Index leverages age and test scores

Jan 09, 2025
A computer rendering of amyloid plaques forming between nerve cells.
Varipulse Heart Device Procedures Paused After Safety Events

Device was recently approved for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Jan 08, 2025
A computer rendering of the Varipulse pulsed field ablation catheter.
FDA Adds Guillain-Barre Syndrome Warning to Two RSV Vaccines

Abrysvo and Arexvy labels will caution about risk of rare neurologic disorder

Jan 08, 2025
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Coffee Drinking Tied to Better Survival, but Timing Matters

Lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality observed only among morning drinkers

Jan 07, 2025
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Herpes and Alzheimer's Tau; Dementia and Autism; Extended Paxlovid for Long COVID

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

Jan 07, 2025
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