Blood Test Predicts Which People With Amyloid Are Likely to Decline Cognitively Plasma p-tau217 outperformed other preclinical Alzheimer's measures Feb 06, 2023
Their Alzheimer's Disease Didn't Worsen. Why? Case reports find one healthy habit in common Feb 03, 2023
Childhood Adversity Tied to Race-Related Differences in Brain Development Exposure to trauma linked to lower gray matter volume in key brain regions in Black kids Feb 01, 2023
George Clooney's Bell's Palsy Actor recently referred to his teenage bout with the condition on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Jan 31, 2023
Restless Legs and Opioids; Obesity Brain Changes; Parkinson's Apple Watch News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 31, 2023
Viruses Tied to Subsequent Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Viral encephalitis and Alzheimer's disease showed strongest links Jan 30, 2023
Memory Decline Tied to Lifestyle Factors Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss, even in APOE4 carriers Jan 25, 2023
Head Injuries Decrease Long-Term Survival Time Frequency of head hits, severity of impact raise mortality risk Jan 23, 2023
College Athletes With Slow Recovery After Concussion May Have Good Prognosis Most returned to play within 60 days of injury Jan 18, 2023
Bedside Prognostic Tool Identifies Infants at Risk for Cerebral Palsy Researchers detail new model with an eye toward early detection, better outcomes Jan 17, 2023
Isolation and Dementia Risk; High-Intensity Exercise and the Brain; Migraine and MS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 17, 2023
Alzheimer's Disease Detected in Blood a Decade Before Clinical Symptoms GFAP levels change before tau, neurodegeneration biomarkers Jan 11, 2023
Use of Newer Antiseizure Meds for Epilepsy Differs by Race, Ethnicity Black and Hispanic patients had lower odds of taking second- or third-generation medications Jan 11, 2023
Dementia Tied to Hearing Loss Likelihood of developing dementia was lower for older adults who used hearing aids Jan 10, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Wins FDA Approval Anti-amyloid showed modest benefit in phase III trial, but was linked to adverse events Jan 06, 2023
Earlier Health Conditions Tied to Subsequent Dementia Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia links are time-dependent Jan 05, 2023
The X Waiver Is Officially Dead But now, doctors will have to take substance use disorder training to get their DEA license Jan 05, 2023
Habitually Checking Social Media May Be Linked to Preteen Brain Changes Could prompt future compulsive social media checking, researcher suggests Jan 03, 2023
Paralysis Tied to Virus in Kids Goes Off-Script, Baffling CDC The expected outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis never materialized, for reasons unknown Jan 02, 2023
Novel Blood Test Detects Alzheimer's Neurodegeneration Brain-derived tau distinguished Alzheimer's from other dementias Dec 30, 2022
Anti-CD20 Agent Gains Approval for Multiple Sclerosis FDA greenlights ublituximab for relapsing MS Dec 29, 2022
Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's Strongest association seen for sodium valproate Dec 27, 2022
Autopsies Show COVID-19 in the Brain What this means for neurologic COVID symptoms remains elusive Dec 26, 2022
Cluster Headache Hits Women Harder, but Is Often Misdiagnosed Awareness of sex differences in symptoms, triggers may increase diagnosis and treatment in women Dec 21, 2022
Parkinson's Incidence 50% Higher Than Previously Thought Clusters of Parkinson's disease cases seen in certain U.S. regions Dec 15, 2022
Celine Dion's Stiff-Person Syndrome Once-in-a-lifetime singer opens up about her one-in-a-million neurological condition Dec 12, 2022
Antisense Oligonucleotide Shows Potential in Dravet Syndrome Investigational STK-001 appears well tolerated in early studies Dec 09, 2022
Fauci Slams 'Lowlife' Trolls; More Superbugs; Celine Dion's Stiff-Person Syndrome Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 09, 2022
Brain Vitamin D Tied to Cognitive Function No links seen with Alzheimer's or dementia pathology, however Dec 08, 2022
Prenatal Exposure to Some Anti-Seizure Drugs Linked With Low Birth Weight Scandinavian data assessed outcomes for 4.5 million children Dec 07, 2022
Status Epilepticus Hospitalizations Climb Black patients twice as likely to be hospitalized with prolonged seizures Dec 06, 2022
I'm a Neurologist, Hear Me Roar If I wasn't believed when seeking care, what chance do non-physicians have? Dec 06, 2022
Cognitive Decline Tied to Midlife Diet Impact of ultra-processed foods is small but important, prospective study suggests Dec 05, 2022
Small Spot a Source of Mysterious Abdominal Pain in Adolescent Girl Case highlights a clinically diagnosed condition often misdiagnosed in adults and teens alike Dec 05, 2022
Epilepsy Drug Costs Continue to Climb Third-generation, brand-name drugs fuel rising expenses Dec 05, 2022
Brain Iron Chelation Linked With Worse Outcomes in Early Parkinson's Findings raise caution about iron chelation in neurodegenerative disorders Dec 02, 2022
Obesity Linked to Brain Abnormalities in Kids It remains unclear whether losing weight would reverse these changes Nov 29, 2022
Injuries While Pregnant Linked to Kids' Risk of Cerebral Palsy Modest risk tracks with severity of injuries, observational study finds Nov 28, 2022
Gabapentin, Opioid Prescriptions More Likely to Overlap in Recent Years An unintentional consequence of opioid prescribing restrictions? Nov 21, 2022
