Certification Status Makes a Difference for Stroke Centers Lower-level hospitals performing a "surprising" number of thrombectomies Feb 12, 2022
Evidence for Stroke Thrombectomy in Kids 'as Good as It Gets' Expansion of EVT bolstered by population-based study from Australia Feb 11, 2022
Loneliness May Triple Dementia Risk Even without dementia, lonely feelings linked with brain changes Feb 09, 2022
COVID Brain Changes Show Parallels With Alzheimer's Disease Findings may point to potential mechanism for brain fog in people with long COVID Feb 04, 2022
More Evidence Fuels Debate Over Strep Infections and Tics Group A strep not tied to tics in kids with family history Feb 03, 2022
Taking Melatonin? You're Not Alone More Americans are using melatonin supplements, and in bigger doses Feb 01, 2022
Blood Biomarkers May Distinguish Dementia Disorders Plasma levels show diagnostic, prognostic performance in varying dementia types Jan 28, 2022
Mixing and Matching BP Meds? Consider the Implications for Dementia SPRINT analysis favors certain classes of antihypertensives Jan 28, 2022
More Flavonoids, Better Parkinson's Outcome Flavan-3-ols and anthocyanins consistently linked to lower mortality Jan 26, 2022
Gene Therapy Shows Clinical Benefit in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Motor development, cognitive function preserved in early-onset patients Jan 24, 2022
Do Cash Gifts for Mothers in Poverty Help Kids' Early Brain Activity? Early study results show patterns associated with the development of cognitive skills Jan 24, 2022
MS Risk Skyrockets After Epstein-Barr Virus, but Not Other Infections Findings show "compelling evidence of causality" Jan 13, 2022
Does Edaravone Slow ALS Progression? Even in subgroup with expected efficacy, prospective study finds no significant effect Jan 10, 2022
Taste Dysfunction May Linger After COVID-19 Loss of taste not always due to loss of smell Jan 06, 2022
Alzheimer's Drugs Race to FDA After aducanumab, drug companies pivot to use the accelerated approval pathway Jan 01, 2022
Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to Cognitive Impairment Healthcare workers represent majority of those exposed in French cohort Dec 22, 2021
Erenumab Appears Safe, Effective in Migraine With Aura Trial outcomes similar in patients with or without aura Dec 20, 2021
Novel Myasthenia Gravis Treatment Wins FDA Nod Efgartigimod is the first approved FcRn blocker Dec 20, 2021
Should Electrographic Seizures Be Treated in Neonates? Trial shows inconclusive results -- and an unexpected cognitive finding Dec 17, 2021
NFL Players More Likely to Be Diagnosed With, Die of ALS Study finds nearly four-fold increased risk for progressive neurodegenerative disease Dec 16, 2021
It's Not Rocket Science: Brain Surgeons May Be No Smarter Than Others Cognitive test scores attempt to settle an age-old argument Dec 13, 2021
Case of Parkinson's-Like Symptoms in Myeloma Patient After CAR-T Product FDA advises monitoring patients after T-cell infusion for signs, symptoms of neurotoxicity Dec 10, 2021
Cannabidiol Shows Sustained Benefit in Rare, Severe Forms of Epilepsy Caregivers report improvements in Lennox-Gastaut, Dravet patients Dec 08, 2021
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure Patients May Find Benefit With Flexible CBT Seizure control improved when treatment took longer, exploratory study shows Dec 08, 2021
Brain Aging May Be Faster for People With Childhood-Onset Epilepsy Small prospective study follows cohort for 55 years Dec 05, 2021
Genetic Testing Benefits Children With Unexplained Epilepsy Findings can alter treatment, prognosis, overall care Dec 05, 2021
Dementia Tied to Resting Heart Rate Findings persist even after accounting for cardiovascular disease Dec 03, 2021
Clinical Challenges: Huntington's Disease Affects Women and Men Differently Women experience more severe motor, cognitive, and mood symptoms Dec 01, 2021
Brain Changes Found in Fetuses of Alcohol-Using Moms Differences seen in two areas when compared with brains of non-drinking mothers Dec 01, 2021
Fetal Brains Appear Unaffected by Mom's Milder COVID Small MRI study involving pregnant women with mild to moderate infection revealed no problems Nov 30, 2021
Why Is DOJ Cracking Down on Electroacupuncture? False billing wasted "millions and millions" in federal money, investigator says Nov 26, 2021
Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously "You're not sticking your neck out as much as you would 10 years ago," one director says Nov 24, 2021
Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest Nov 24, 2021
Let Ethics Guide Aducanumab Prescribing, AAN Says Don't rely on FDA approval alone to make best choices for Alzheimer's patients Nov 18, 2021
Paramedic Treatment of Status Epilepticus Rarely Consistent With Guidelines Of more than 9,000 EMS encounters, only 3.9% followed expert recommendations Nov 17, 2021
Early Parkinson's Treatment: AAN Issues New Guidelines Levodopa usually is best first therapy for motor symptoms, neurology group says Nov 15, 2021
Two Anticoagulants -- When Used Correctly -- Similarly Protective Against Dementia GIRAF trial tested warfarin versus dabigatran in older Afib patients Nov 14, 2021
No Long-Term Cognitive Benefit in Fortified Baby Formulas Commercial claims and policies built on misleading evidence, researchers say Nov 10, 2021
Hypothalamic Gliosis Associated With Obesity in Kids? Use of imaging studies could impact how childhood obesity is prevented and treated Nov 09, 2021