Duchenne Drug Fails Confirmatory Trial; COVID Brain Changes; First-Seizure Clinics News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 28, 2024
Dying Ex-Doctor Leaves Prison 2 Years After Pardon for Killing His Dad Vince Gilmer received a conditional pardon due to his terminal illness May 24, 2024
Congressman's Stroke; Warning on Bear Meat Consumption; Paralysis via Grand Piano Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 24, 2024
Lifestyle-Dementia Links Persist Regardless of Risk Genes, French Study Shows Dementia prevention efforts may be beneficial despite genetic susceptibility May 23, 2024
Prenatal Fluoride Exposure Linked to Neurobehavioral Problems U.S. study finds significant risk, but experts argue it's not evidence against water fluoridation May 23, 2024
Brain Risks Drop When Diet Includes More Minimally Processed Foods Higher intake of ultra-processed foods upped the incidence of cognitive impairment or stroke May 22, 2024
Psychostimulant No Help in Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue No significant differences in outcomes between methylphenidate, placebo May 22, 2024
Dying Ex-Doctor Serving Life for Murder May Soon Be Free After a conditional pardon and 2-year wait, Vince Gilmer could be released this week May 22, 2024
Insufficient Sleep May Influence Cognition in Teens With Overweight and Obesity Restricted sleep did not have same effects on adolescents with less weight May 21, 2024
Withdrawing Life Support; Social Mobility and Dementia; Bilateral Focused Ultrasound News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 21, 2024
Can Pink Noise Enhance Sleep and Memory? Early Research Drives a Color Noise Buzz. "There's still a lot of work we have to do," says one researcher May 21, 2024
Legal Marijuana Leads to More Hospital Trips for Older Adults ED visits tripled after edible cannabis was legalized in Canada May 20, 2024
Does COVID-19 Persist? An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID May 20, 2024
Prion Disease Transmission Probed in NIH Study Species barrier prevents chronic wasting disease from moving to humans, organoid data suggest May 17, 2024
Andexanet Shows Efficacy in Acute ICH With Factor Xa Inhibitors But patients treated with andexanet had more thrombotic events than usual care May 15, 2024
Donepezil Flunks Test for Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment No improvement versus placebo in immediate recall or other outcomes in breast cancer survivors May 14, 2024
The Online World Is a Double-Edged Sword for Youth Mental Health Here's how to support young patients and their parents May 14, 2024
Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Needs Conservatorship Due to Mental Decline, Judge Finds Wilson suffers from a "major neurocognitive disorder," according to physician May 10, 2024
Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable May 10, 2024
Researchers' Sexual Misconduct; 'Parkinson's on Steroids'; Need Surgery? Pay Upfront Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 10, 2024
Brain Worms Like RFK Jr.'s: Here's What to Know About 2,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with neurocysticercosis each year May 09, 2024
Thrombectomy Led to Fewer Deaths in Patients With Acute Stroke and a Large Infarct LASTE trial builds on previous evidence favoring thrombectomy even in high-risk cases May 08, 2024
RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm; Cancer From Your Car? Hearing Restored in Two Kids Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 08, 2024
Dementia and Terminal Lucidity; Neuropathy After COVID; FDA Sets Donanemab Meeting News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 07, 2024
Alzheimer's Variant May Cause Distinct Form of the Disease Almost all APOE4 homozygotes develop Alzheimer's disease May 06, 2024
Alzheimer's Biomarkers Linked With Plasma Leptin Levels Over 2 years, lower baseline leptin was tied to a greater increase in tau May 03, 2024
Investigational FSHD Drug Did Little to Change DUX4 Expression Losmapimod was associated with small improvements in fat infiltration, upper arm function May 02, 2024
Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 30, 2024
Cause of Missouri Doc's Death; NBA Star's Bell's Palsy; Huge Data Breach at Kaiser Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Apr 26, 2024
Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds Study attempts to untangle taste and olfactory dysfunction 1 year after infection Apr 23, 2024
Alzheimer's Drug Skepticism; Safeguarding Brain Data; Benefits of Stimulating Jobs News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 23, 2024
From Neurointerventional Radiologist to 'Grey's Anatomy' Sonographer A Q&A with a physician who got a taste of Hollywood Apr 23, 2024
Neurotechnology Development Must Be Slow and Steady The burgeoning field holds both promise and risks Apr 22, 2024
Novel Treatment Appears to Show Benefit in ALS Ciprofloxacin and celecoxib formulation aims to target several ALS mechanisms Apr 18, 2024
Alzheimer's Agitation Relapse Delayed With Dextromethorphan-Bupropion Data suggest clinical response with few adverse effects for patients Apr 17, 2024
Why an ALS Drug Was Pulled From the Market Topline data show where sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol fell short Apr 17, 2024
Possible Pulmonary Benefit With Viltolarsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Exon-skipping therapy was well-tolerated, phase II data showed Apr 16, 2024
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs Hospitalized patients with seizure burden of at least 50% had poor outcomes Apr 16, 2024
Delirium and Dementia; Are Biosimilars Cheaper for Patients? Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing infections by drug-resistant bacteria Apr 13, 2024 podcast
I'm an Autistic Doctor. Here's How to Improve Care for Autistic Patients. There are robust resources available to help Apr 13, 2024