Neurology
Conference Coverage
NHLBI hands off hypertension guidelines to ACC, AHA
News
Data provide guidance on herpes zoster vaccination in rheumatoid arthritis
News
Extended delirium raises cognitive risk in critically ill
Major finding: Neuropsychological status scores averaged 6.3 points lower at 3 months in patients who experienced 5 days of delirium vs.
News
Amyloid imaging scans limited to specific patients in clinical trials
Conference Coverage
Limited data support multiple myositis treatment options
News
Cranial radiotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia linked to impaired neurocognition
Major finding: Compared with controls, survivors who had cranial radiotherapy had significant reductions in white matter integrity and lower...
Conference Coverage
CHA2DS2-VASc score performs best in assessing atrial fibrillation stroke risk
Major finding: During 5 years of prospective follow-up of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, 145 patients who had a stroke, transient...
Conference Coverage
High resting heart rate portends cognitive decline
Major finding: Individuals at high cardiovascular risk who had a baseline resting heart rate of 67 bpm or more had a 16% greater risk of...
News
A third of older adults may have biomarkers of preclinical Alzheimer’s
Major finding: Cognitively normal elders who had abnormal levels of beta amyloid or tau in CSF had up to 33-fold greater risk for developing...
Commentary
Redesign needed for Alzheimer’s screening programs
Conference Coverage
Stroke risk climbs sharply with more risk factors, even without AF
Major finding: The ischemic stroke rate in patients with no history of stroke or atrial fibrillation who had five or more stroke risk factors at...