Neurology
Conference Coverage
Insomnia? Referral, drugs not usually needed
‘Restricted sleep’ is a good place to start, says expert.
Conference Coverage
When to refer patients with new memory loss
Initial questions should zero in on what the patient is forgetting, according to an expert.
Latest News
Study calls for sex-specific concussion management in adolescent soccer players
“We should be pursuing more research in sex differences in concussion and, importantly, putting these into practice in sex-specific concussion...
Conference Coverage
Modest clinical gain for AF screening of asymptomatic elderly: STROKESTOP
Literally all known 75- and 76-year-olds in two Swedish regions were included, whether or not they were screened by mobile ECG recorder. But does...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 linked to novel epileptic seizures
Among patients with new-onset seizures, hospital stays were about 15 days longer – and mortality rates were significantly higher.
From the Journals
Most patients with chronic inflammatory diseases have sufficient response to COVID-19 vaccination
A preprint publication of a study of 133 people with chronic inflammatory disease and 53 controls shows that those with CID mount immune responses...
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Study: Spanking may change children’s brains
As far as a child’s brain is concerned, “It’s all violence.”
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Epidural use shows no association with autism spectrum disorder in children
In contrast to a large cohort study published in the same journal last year, a new cohort study finds no link between epidural labor analgesia and...
News
How some COVID-19 vaccines could cause rare blood clots
Six cases of a rare but serious event in patients who got the J&J vaccine are being reviewed.
Commentary
Let’s avoid accepting this headache paradigm as gospel
Patients with chronic migraine hoard their medications while trying to decide if each daily headache is the “big one” that merits depleting their...
Case Reports
23-year-old woman • syncopal episode • sinus bradycardia • history of bipolar disorder • Dx?
► Syncopal episode
► Sinus bradycardia
► History of bipolar disorder