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Opioid deaths boost donor heart supply
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The size of the donor heart pool for transplantation, flat for decades, is growing significantly.
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Race, ethnicity may influence outcomes after supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage
In a cohort of young adults, the percentage of patients with a poor functional outcome after 3 months was 52% among white patients, 35% among...
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FDA approves diazepam nasal spray for seizure clusters
Valtoco may be administered by a care partner outside of a medical setting for the treatment of frequent seizure activity that is distinct from a...
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Delayed clinical care after concussion may prolong recovery
A retrospective study suggests that athletes may engage in counterproductive recovery strategies, such as a strict rest or excessive physical...
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Experts call to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act
A neurologist and her colleagues propose changes with the goal of clarifying and harmonizing procedures for determining death by neurologic...
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Pimavanserin reduced dementia-related psychotic symptoms without affecting cognition
SAN DIEGO – The adverse event profile of the second-generation antipsychotic appears more benign than that typically seen with antipsychotics in...
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Intensive BP control reduced dementia but increased brain atrophy and hurt cognition
SAN DIEGO – The small but significant ill effects worried some researchers at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease...
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Baseline subtypes predict dementia and death in patients with Parkinson’s disease
ST. LOUIS – Clinicians should assess cognitive and psychiatric symptoms at baseline.
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Reappraising standard treatment of comorbid insomnia/depression
COPENHAGEN – “There are some effects on insomnia when you treat depression, but they’re not very large.”
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Fentanyl-related deaths show strong regional pattern
Overdose death rates for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl are high in the East and low in the West.