Tackle Football in Childhood: Does Age Matter? Early exposure may not be linked to short-term concussion recovery Sep 09, 2020
Meta-Analysis: ADHD Diagnoses More Prevalent in Black Patients Researchers posit that marginalization, discrimination could influence diagnosis rate Sep 09, 2020
Falls Blamed for Pain Relief Device Failure Damage found while testing after patient complains of pain recurrence Sep 08, 2020
Virtual Reality May Ease Chronic Pain Immersive, multi-sensory VR experiences can help alleviate symptoms Sep 08, 2020
Capsaicin Injection Improves Knee OA Pain Investigational treatment targets capsaicin receptor to inactivate local pain fibers Sep 06, 2020
Novel Form of Muscle Relaxant Shows Benefit Tolperisone may help pain from acute back spasms without causing drowsiness Sep 05, 2020
Spinal Cord Stim Cuts Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Real-world data in multiple etiologies shows clinically significant relief Sep 05, 2020
Trial: Oral Surgery Helps in Sleep Apnea Strategy combines palatal stabilization, tongue reduction Sep 04, 2020
Insomnia Patients Satisfied With Telehealth Treatment Trial shows no differences between virtual and face-to-face CBT Sep 02, 2020
Insomnia Drug Shows Promise Investigational daridorexant improves sleep onset and maintenance Aug 31, 2020
No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research Aug 31, 2020
Nomophobia Tied to Poor Sleep Health Nine in 10 college students fear being out of mobile phone contact Aug 31, 2020
Sleeping Through a Pandemic Three distinct profiles of sleep changes seen in the general population Aug 30, 2020
The World Brain Death Project: Answering the Wrong Questions Humility around death serves us and our patients best Aug 30, 2020
Low-Dose DOAC Valuable in Afib After Age 80 Randomized trial suggests benefit on par with warfarin in younger groups Aug 30, 2020
Long, Frequent Naps Predict Alzheimer's Dementia Study uses actigraphy to assess snoozing, drowsiness in elderly adults Aug 29, 2020
Medical Errors Climb After Daylight Saving Time Switch Sleep medicine academy calls for DST to be abolished Aug 28, 2020
Dementia Deaths Vastly Undercounted, Study Suggests And as a result, healthcare resources may need realignment Aug 24, 2020
In Lupus, Older Age and Male Sex Raise Cancer Risk Role of most medications, though, not yet clear Aug 21, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
Dementia Patients Often Get Psychotropic Drugs, Opioids Community use of these drugs "has been a real blind spot" Aug 18, 2020
Ear Stimulation Eases IBS Pain in Teens 59% of users versus 26% of those given sham stimulation experienced a reduction in worst pain Aug 14, 2020
Beanbag Rounds, While Nonlethal, Still Inflict Serious Injury Case report suggests munitions are unsafe method of crowd control, researchers say Aug 14, 2020
First COVID-19, Then Myasthenia Gravis: Coincidence or Causal? Three patients developed MG after coronavirus infection Aug 11, 2020
Fatal Overdoses Often Mistaken for Cardiac Arrest Try naloxone in some cases appearing to be heart-related, researchers suggest Aug 10, 2020
Kids Exposed to Cannabis In Utero Face Higher Risk of Autism "Another piece of the puzzle" of how marijuana use affects childhood outcomes Aug 10, 2020
Hearing Loss Tied to Dementia Pathology Tau tangles seen in cognitively normal adults with hearing impairment Aug 07, 2020
ARB Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial... But How? Consequence of lowered blood pressure, or perhaps a direct effect -- or just a fluke Aug 06, 2020
New Insights Into Radiation-Induced Hair Loss Total dose and fraction size matter, minoxidil may spur regrowth Aug 05, 2020
IL-1 Blockade: A Treatment at Last for Osteoarthritis? Canakinumab significantly lowered the risk of joint replacements in exploratory study Aug 03, 2020
Lifestyle, Policy Changes Could Make Big Dent in Dementia Burden Report identifies 12 modifiable risk factors Jul 30, 2020
CBD Shows Promise for Patients With Marijuana Addiction Small but significant reductions in use observed in cannabis-tobacco smokers Jul 29, 2020
Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows Same Accuracy as Imaging Markers p-tau217 may be "a real game changer" Jul 28, 2020
Infections Tied to Increased Mortality in Dementia Patients Death rates higher even 10 years later, Danish study shows Jul 27, 2020
Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Tied to Lower Alzheimer's Risk Older adults vaccinated against pneumonia have nearly 40% less Alzheimer's risk later in life Jul 27, 2020
COVID-19 Slams Parkinson's Disease Patients Even those who avoided infection still suffered from the pandemic's disruptions Jul 23, 2020
IUDs are Safe, Effective at Managing Periods in Youth With Disabilities The largest study of device use in young women with special needs may remove barriers to access, author says Jul 23, 2020
Dementia Tied to Olfaction; Preclinical Alzheimer's Trial; Guillain-Barré and COVID-19 News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 21, 2020