Biden's Checkup; Sanjay Gupta Says Prez Should Get Cognitive Test; July 4 Injuries Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 05, 2024
Midlife Cognition Tied to Inflammation Years Earlier Consistently high CRP levels over 18 years raised the risk of poor cognitive function Jul 03, 2024
FDA OKs Another Drug for Early Alzheimer's Disease Decision gives patients a second anti-amyloid treatment option Jul 02, 2024
Delirium During COVID Hospitalization Raises Disability, Cognitive Risks At-risk older adults should be screened, referred early for rehabilitation, researcher urges Jul 02, 2024
Alzheimer's Researcher Indicted; Predicting Parkinson's Progression; Fitness and ALS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 02, 2024
Pain Doesn't Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10 The real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way Jul 02, 2024
Alzheimer's Gets a New Definition Controversial criteria for diagnosis are based on biomarkers Jul 01, 2024
Neuromuscular Training Decreased Incidence of Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Incidence significantly reduced with two types of exercises versus usual care Jul 01, 2024
Trump's False Comment; H5N1 Pandemic Unfolding in Slo-Mo? Researcher's Fraud Charge Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 01, 2024
Did Cold Medications Affect Biden's Debate Performance? How the American people assess the debate hinges on the answer Jun 29, 2024
Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Settlement That Shielded Sacklers In a 5-4 decision, justices blocked an agreement with victims and state and local governments Jun 27, 2024
AI Helps Predict Dementia Using Speech Patterns Voice recordings may spot who's likely to progress to Alzheimer's dementia in 6 years Jun 26, 2024
Sleep Quality Improved With Acupuncture for Parkinson's Patients Benefits persisted at 8 weeks Jun 26, 2024
Nationwide Coffee Recall; Aspirin Misuse Common; Gena Rowlands' Alzheimer's Disease Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jun 26, 2024
Blood Panel Predicts Parkinson's; Transgender Neurologic Care; Rare COVID Case News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 25, 2024
Alzheimer's Amyloid Tied to Circadian Disruption Earlier in Life Sleep fragmentation may be an Alzheimer's risk factor, data suggest Jun 24, 2024
New Treatment Approved for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Efgartigimod injection reduced CIDP relapse risk Jun 23, 2024
Preventing Surgical-Site Infections; Drugs Go Head to Head for Ischemic Stroke Also in TTHealthWatch: managing obesity in children and adolescents Jun 22, 2024 podcast
A Closer Look at Medetomidine and Its 'Unusual' Patient Presentations Another drug has entered the drug supply Jun 22, 2024
Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gets Expanded Approval Primary endpoint wasn't met, but other outcomes provided "substantial evidence of effectiveness" Jun 21, 2024
Prenatal Maternal Distress During Pandemic Tied to Newborn Brain Development Study highlights the importance of assessing stress, mental health of pregnant women Jun 20, 2024
Is Cholesterol Denialism Pseudoscience or Appropriate Medical Care? Calling an end to debate rarely serves the advancement of knowledge Jun 20, 2024
Alzheimer's Onset Delayed by Rare Mutation Just one copy of the Christchurch variant conferred protection Jun 19, 2024
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Blood Test Standards; ARBs and Epilepsy News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 18, 2024
Lost Chances to Treat Overdose Survivors Documented in New Medicare Study Findings also highlight the difficulty of managing chronic pain Jun 18, 2024
Alzheimer's Risk Higher If Mom Had Memory Problems Maternal history of memory impairment tied to higher amyloid burden Jun 17, 2024
Some Hawking Stem Cells Say They Can Treat Almost Anything. They Can't. Attorneys general in several states have sued businesses for false claims Jun 17, 2024
I Tried to Protect My Mother From Dying in Pain. The Law Robbed Her of That Dignity. It's time to clear the roadblocks to Medical Aid in Dying in the U.S. Jun 16, 2024
Late-Window Tenecteplase for Stroke Works When Thrombectomy's Out of the Question TRACE-III trial finds benefit for lytic given up to 24 hours after stroke onset Jun 14, 2024
CDC Warns of Risks for ADHD Patients After Disruption of Online Adderall Prescriber Agency advises users of telehealth platform Done Global to find a new provider Jun 13, 2024
Liberal Blood Transfusion After Traumatic Brain Injury May Hold Benefit Trial didn't meet primary outcome, but functional independence scores were better Jun 13, 2024
Symptoms May Remain the Best Clue for Concussion Evaluation Cognitive evaluation is objective but not very accurate for diagnosis in sports, study finds Jun 13, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Improved by Intensive Lifestyle Changes In small trial led by Dean Ornish, MD, Alzheimer's patients show better scores on cognitive tests Jun 11, 2024
New Long COVID Definition Proposed by National Academies Committee urges adoption, says it will aid in consistent diagnosis, documentation, and treatment Jun 11, 2024
Tetanus Shots and Parkinson's; Predicting Future Dementia; Cognition-Depression Link News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 11, 2024
Repeat Anesthesia in Kids With Cystic Fibrosis Didn't Lead to Neurobehavioral Harms Repeated BAL-directed therapy with general anesthesia at young ages safer than once believed? Jun 11, 2024
Unanimous Thumbs-Up From FDA Advisors for Alzheimer's Drug Advisory committee decision smooths the way for eventual FDA approval Jun 10, 2024
Sugar Substitute Linked to Heart, Thrombotic Risk Series of experiments sends a "serious warning signal" Jun 07, 2024
Paxlovid Fails First Test in Long COVID Trial had been stopped early for lack of efficacy Jun 07, 2024