Sleep-Disordered Breathing Tied to Brain Volumes in Amyloid-Positive Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) was tied to medial temporal lobe volumes in amyloid-positive older adults who were cognitively unimpaired, data from the Age-Well randomized trial showed.
Among cognitively intact adults with... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - June 1, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Family-Oriented Sedation Protocol Helps Kids With ASD Manage Routine Healthcare
(MedPage Today) -- A family-centered, integrated behavioral and sedation protocol proved successful for common medical procedures among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental delay.
In the case series, the sedation protocol... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 30, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Gait Predicts Cognitive Disorders; Diet and MS Relapses; Alzheimer's Drug Protests
(MedPage Today) -- Gait analysis distinguished cognitive disorders from healthy controls in older adults. (Neurology)
Valbenazine (Ingrezza) improved Huntington's disease chorea compared with placebo, the phase III KINECT-HD trial showed. (Lancet... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
New Type of Opioid Reversal Agent Approved
(MedPage Today) -- The first nalmefene hydrochloride nasal spray (Opvee) won FDA approval for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and up, the agency announced.
If administered... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Sen. Feinstein's Brain Swelling; Captive Doc Freed; Lesbians and Heart Health
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 89, developed encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome as complications of shingles, but is determined to remain in the Senate. (CBS News)
The next... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Should FDA Grant Accelerated Approval to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy?
(MedPage Today) -- On May 12, independent experts narrowly recommended that the FDA grant accelerated approval to Sarepta's new gene therapy, SRP-9001 (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). These... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 18, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
With Preliminary Win for DOAC, Sights Set on Supplanting DAPT After LAA Closure
(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- In the first randomized trial of antithrombotic therapy after successful left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, low-dose apixaban (Eliquis) provided the better balance of thrombotic and bleeding events compared with... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 18, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Prion Disease in Human Tears; Functional vs Primary Tics; COVID-19 and the Brain
(MedPage Today) -- Misfolded prion protein was detectable in tear fluid of people with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants showed benefit over fingolimod (Gilenya) and natalizumab... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 16, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Alzheimer's Progression Delayed by Rare Genetic Variant
(MedPage Today) -- The world's second case of ascertained extreme resilience to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease was reported, suggesting a new way Alzheimer's progression might be delayed.
A rare genetic variant of RELN, which encodes the... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 15, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Deep Sleep and Alzheimer's Memory; Neurons Going Haywire; Parkinson's and the Gut
(MedPage Today) -- Non-REM sleep appeared to be a protective cognitive reserve factor, moderating the effect of high amyloid burden on memory function in people with Alzheimer's pathology. (BMC Medicine)
Early amyloid PET gave 40% of memory clinic... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 10, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Daytime Sleepiness Drugs of Varying Performance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(MedPage Today) -- One drug stood out for reducing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a meta-analysis, researchers reported.
Compared with placebo, users of solriamfetol (Sunosi) showed improvement... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 9, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Vaccines and Neurologic Complications; NIH Toolbox on iPad; The Dying Human Brain
(MedPage Today) -- A researcher from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke reviewed challenges in determining neurologic complications of vaccines and what steps need to be taken. (Neurology)
Unawareness -- not heightened... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 3, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Can Functional MRI Read Your Mind?
(MedPage Today) -- An individually trained semantic decoder translated brain patterns on functional MRI (fMRI) into continuous streams of text, a small study showed.
The customized decoder used fMRI responses to generate text describing an individual... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 2, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
More Evidence Links Parkinson's With Autoimmune Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Individuals with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were at almost double the risk for developing Parkinson's disease within a median of about 4 years of follow-up, Korean insurance claims data indicated.
Parkinson's disease... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 1, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
How Every City Can Promote Health Equity for People With Autism
(MedPage Today) -- April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to take action to address the fact that there is inadequate healthcare and support services for individuals with autism across the U.S. Those with autism have poorer access to healthcare... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 28, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
