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More treatments becoming available for tardive dyskinesia
MIAMI – A second VMAT2 inhibitor may join Ingrezza as a safe and effective treatment for the movement disorder.
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Racial differences in dementia risk persist from midlife to oldest old
LONDON – Black individuals had elevated risk for dementia, compared with whites, even into their 90s.
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VIDEO: Further CTE correlation found in deceased American football players
The largest CTE cohort study to date tackles the question of CTE’s correlation to football
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Senate parliamentarian upends GOP hopes for health bill
Some of the provisions that didn’t pass muster with the parliamentarian were key to getting the bill through the House. And if they are dropped,...
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5 ways White House can use its muscle to undercut Obamacare
The White House can take a number of behind-the-scenes steps to sabotage the exchanges and hasten their undoing. Already, it’s deploying some of...
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Physician compensation growing but at a slightly slower pace
Value-based pay now factors in compensation for most large group practices.
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Pegboard test useful in upper-extremity motor assessments in Parkinson’s
The test may be a quick and objective marker of progression in Parkinson’s patients.
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Life-long risk reduction could cut late-life dementia by up to 35%
LONDON – Expert panel commissioned by The Lancet targets nine modifiable lifestyle factors to reduce dementia incidence worldwide.
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Amyloid PET imaging impacts diagnoses, management for those with MCI and dementia
LONDON – Interim results on 4,000 patients exceeded expectations for the clinical utility of the procedure.
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Hospitalizations may speed up cognitive decline in older adults
LONDON – Urgent and emergency admissions drove virtually all of the increase in cognitive decline after hospitalization.
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Early neuroimaging essential for Zika-exposed neonates
DENVER – Brain abnormalities masked by initially normal head circumference.