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Is the U.S. neurologist shortage insurmountable?
Advances in treatments for migraine, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological disorders have created a growing demand for care of...
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Simultaneous marijuana, alcohol use linked to worse outcomes
Young adults who simultaneously use alcohol and marijuana consume more drinks, spend more time high, and report more negative alcohol-related...
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Sedentary lifestyle tied to increased dementia risk
Dementia risk was elevated whether participants were sedentary for 10 uninterrupted hours or multiple sedentary periods that totaled 10 hours over...
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Psilocybin reduces symptoms, disability in major depression
Significantly more people in the psilocybin group reported at least one treatment-related adverse event (82% vs. 44%), although most were mild to...
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CTE common among young athletes in largest brain donor study
“A lot of people think CTE is a result of high-level, professional play such as football, ice hockey, and boxing, but it can affect amateur...
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Could retinal changes be a harbinger of Parkinson’s?
“I think we are still several years away from converting these findings into individual level prediction for patients.”
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TBI tied to increased mental health diagnoses, time to suicide
“Folks in mental health probably have a lot of patients who have brain injury in their practice, and they don’t know it and that’s an important...
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Medications for opioid addiction significantly underutilized
“More than 80,000 people are dying of a drug overdose involving an opioid every year, while safe and effective medicines to treat opioid use...
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Why genetic testing may be our best shot at progress in Parkinson’s disease
A growing body of work has prompted researchers and drug developers to take a longer look at how genetics influence Parkinson’s disease risk and...
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No cognitive benefit from meditation, learning a language?
The findings contradict the researchers’ earlier work that found mindfulness meditation boosted cognitive function in older adults with subjective...
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Early MS treatment tied to a major reduction in severe disability
“With a very early treatment, within 6 months from the first symptoms and even before the MS diagnosis, we are now able to decrease long-term...
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New international guidelines on opioid deprescribing
The recommendations describe best practices for stopping opioid therapy and emphasize slow tapering and individualized deprescribing plans...
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Potential new treatment for REM sleep behavior disorder
The disorder can signal risk for synucleinopathies, a group of neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease that involve the formation of...
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Regular exercise may boost pain tolerance
“There were indications that both total amount of physical activity over time, as well as the direction of change in activity level over time...
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Donanemab bests aducanumab in head-to-head Alzheimer’s trial
Nearly 40% of patients treated with donanemab had amyloid clearance at 6 months compared with less than 2% of those who received aducanumab.