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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in neurology.

A photo of Benjamin Gilmer, MD.

<乌鸦传媒>Dying Ex-Doctor Serving Life for Murder May Soon Be Free

After a conditional pardon and 2-year wait, Vince Gilmer could be released this week

A photo of the messy bedroom of an adolescent.

<乌鸦传媒>Insufficient Sleep May Influence Cognition in Teens With Overweight and Obesity

Restricted sleep did not have same effects on adolescents with less weight

Neuro Break over a computer rendering of neurons.

<乌鸦传媒>Withdrawing Life Support; Social Mobility and Dementia; Bilateral Focused Ultrasound

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

A photo of Dr. Roneil Malkani showing an example of pink noise being used to enhance slow brain waves during deep sleep.

<乌鸦传媒>Can Pink Noise Enhance Sleep and Memory? Early Research Drives a Color Noise Buzz.

"There's still a lot of work we have to do," says one researcher

A photo of two senior men and a senior woman sitting in the grass around a potted cannabis plant.

<乌鸦传媒>Legal Marijuana Leads to More Hospital Trips for Older Adults

ED visits tripled after edible cannabis was legalized in Canada

A computer rendering of COVID virus particles in the bloodstream.

<乌鸦传媒>Does COVID-19 Persist?

An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID

ACOG over a photo of the Moscone Center, in San Francisco, CA

<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Waterbirth Tied to Less Pain, Increased Patient Satisfaction

Ongoing trial tests giving birth in a filled inflatable tub versus land birth

A photo of a white-tailed deer grazing in the front yard of a house.

<乌鸦传媒>Prion Disease Transmission Probed in NIH Study

Species barrier prevents chronic wasting disease from moving to humans, organoid data suggest

A photo of a paramedic attaching a blood pressure cuff to a male patient in an ambulance.

<乌鸦传媒>Prehospital Hypertension Control No Help in Unselected Acute Stroke

Chinese trial suggests benefit for one stroke subtype but may need replication

A photo of a vial of Andexxa.

<乌鸦传媒>Andexanet Shows Efficacy in Acute ICH With Factor Xa Inhibitors

But patients treated with andexanet had more thrombotic events than usual care

A photo of a container of Narcan.

<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Overdose Deaths Dropped in 2023, but Experts Say It's Too Soon to Celebrate

About 107,500 people died of overdoses last year

A photo of a box of donepezil hydrochloride tablets.

<乌鸦传媒>Donepezil Flunks Test for Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment

No improvement versus placebo in immediate recall or other outcomes in breast cancer survivors

A photo of a mother and daughter looking at a tablet on the kitchen counter.

<乌鸦传媒>The Online World Is a Double-Edged Sword for Youth Mental Health

Here's how to support young patients and their parents

A photo of Alexis Bogan using an AI powered smartphone app to create a audible drink order at a Starbucks.

<乌鸦传媒>Illness Took Away Her Voice. AI Created a Replica She Carries in Her Phone.

OpenAI's new AI voice generator was able to replicate her voice using only a 15-second voice clip

<乌鸦传媒>Mortality in U.S. Youth; Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Also in TTHealthWatch: updated breast cancer screening guidelines

A photo of Brian Wilson and his wife Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.

<乌鸦传媒>Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Needs Conservatorship Due to Mental Decline, Judge Finds

Wilson suffers from a "major neurocognitive disorder," according to physician

A photo of a woman sitting on an exercise mat and using a massage gun on her neck.

<乌鸦传媒>Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo

The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Researchers' Sexual Misconduct; 'Parkinson's on Steroids'; Need Surgery? Pay Upfront

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A microscope image of the head of a pork tapeworm.

<乌鸦传媒>Brain Worms Like RFK Jr.'s: Here's What to Know

About 2,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with neurocysticercosis each year

APA over a photo of Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York, NY

<乌鸦传媒>APA Roundup: Depression & Loss of Joy; Long-COVID Brain; Mood Disorders & Suicide

More research from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting

A photo of an ambulance and state police cruiser at the scene of an overturned car on a highway

<乌鸦传媒>Fraudulent Practices Abound in Post-Accident Healthcare

These costs often fall unfairly on patients and insurance providers

A photo of a patient undergoing interventional neuroradiology surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Thrombectomy Led to Fewer Deaths in Patients With Acute Stroke and a Large Infarct

LASTE trial builds on previous evidence favoring thrombectomy even in high-risk cases

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm; Cancer From Your Car? Hearing Restored in Two Kids

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of a crowd of people in bleachers at a sporting event.

<乌鸦传媒>Unmasking the 'Lost' Mental Health Generation

Many adults have been retrospectively diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and bipolar disorder

Neuro Break over a computer rendering of neurons.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia and Terminal Lucidity; Neuropathy After COVID; FDA Sets Donanemab Meeting

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

A photo of James Baker, MD, MPH

<乌鸦传媒>I Didn't Truly Understand Opioid Addiction Until It Killed My Son

Despite being a doctor, I learned too late that substance use disorder is a treatable disease

A computer rendering of amyloid plaques on a nerve cell.

<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Variant May Cause Distinct Form of the Disease

Almost all APOE4 homozygotes develop Alzheimer's disease

A photo of olive oil being poured onto slices of tomato and mozzarella.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Mortality Tied to Olive Oil Consumption

Results appear to be independent of overall diet quality

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<乌鸦传媒>With Help From AI, Randy Travis Got His Voice Back After Debilitating Stroke

Here's how country singer's first song post-stroke came to be

A photo of a broken cigarette lying on a stack of $100 bills.

<乌鸦传媒>What if States Paid People to Stop Using Drugs and Smoking?

This underutilized strategy has proven effective

A computer rendering of a leptin protein hormone as a glass surface model

<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Biomarkers Linked With Plasma Leptin Levels

Over 2 years, lower baseline leptin was tied to a greater increase in tau

A photo of scapula winging in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

<乌鸦传媒>Investigational FSHD Drug Did Little to Change DUX4 Expression

Losmapimod was associated with small improvements in fat infiltration, upper arm function

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>NYC Doc Arrested in Protest; Ozzy Osbourne's Stem Cell Tx; Metformin and COVID

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of a Narcan nasal spray applicator.

<乌鸦传媒>Narcan May Have Moved Over-the-Counter, but It鈥檚 Still Underutilized

The potential of this lifesaving medicine will only be achieved if it is truly accessible to all

Neuro Break over a computer rendering of neurons.

<乌鸦传媒>Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

A photo of antique tractors in a parade.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Premature Mortality for Top Causes of Death Higher in Rural Areas

Death rate vs urban areas continues to widen for cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and stroke

A computer rendering of a blood vessel narrowed by atherosclerosis

<乌鸦传媒>Age-Related Somatic Mutations Implicated in Cardiovascular Death

Clonal hematopoiesis a red flag for people with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Hunters Didn't Die of Deer Disease; Missed Bird Flu Cases? Sexsomnia Explainer

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Consequences of Afib; Autism Heritability in Males and Females

Also in TTHealthWatch: antipsychotics and dementia

A black woman working at a lab.

<乌鸦传媒>Closing Gender-Based Disease Disparities Starts in the Lab

Women must have a seat at the table in deciding what type of research to pursue

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