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Hippocampal features may predispose children with febrile status epilepticus to poorer memory
WASHINGTON – Patients’ age at time of febrile status epilepticus, its duration, or their sex did not affect memory task performance.
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Retinal changes may reflect brain changes in preclinical Alzheimer’s
BOSTON – The retina could be “a window that could let us see what’s happening in the brain in early Alzheimer’s disease.”
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Phrenic-nerve stimulator maintains benefits for 18 months
After 18 months of treatment with the remede System, patients continued to see the improvements they had experienced after 6 and 12 months of...
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Faciobrachial dystonic seizures require urgent immunotherapy
SAN DIEGO – There’s only a short window of opportunity in which to treat patients with immunotherapy to prevent cognitive impairment and brain...
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Analysis strengthens association between epilepsy onset, menarche
WASHINGTON – Adrenarche encompasses the period of risk.
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Walking has beneficial cognitive effects in amyloid-positive older adults
BOSTON – Over 4 years, those who walked the most experienced the least cognitive decline.
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Sleep apnea treatment may reduce risk of epileptic seizures
WASHINGTON – Data support sleep apnea screening in patients with epilepsy.
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New buprenorphine formulation approved for medication-assisted treatment
Patients who are currently taking other buprenorphine formulations can be transitioned.
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CMS looking to evolve QPP to measure outcomes, not processes
Ms. Verma wrapped her thoughts on value and quality in her broader vision for CMS as one of patient empowerment.
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5 big ways the tax bill could affect health policy
One proposed change could disproportionately effect young physicians.
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HealthCare.gov seeing more action this fall
30% more plans selected so far, compared with last year’s open enrollment.