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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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

These costs often fall unfairly on patients and insurance providers

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<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

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

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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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

Clonal hematopoiesis a red flag for people with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

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<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

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<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

Senior male driver looking confused behind the wheel of his car.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia May Be Underdiagnosed in States With Motor Vehicle Reporting Mandates

Study attempts to assess unintended consequences of clinician reporting policies

A woman undergoing an electroencephalograph.

<乌鸦传媒>What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy?

Seizures were triggered by exposure to cold due to reflex epilepsy

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

<乌鸦传媒>Cause of Missouri Doc's Death; NBA Star's Bell's Palsy; Huge Data Breach at Kaiser

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A confused elderly male patient taking pills from a doctor.

<乌鸦传媒>Warning Letters Safely Lowered Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia

Agitation, reactive behaviors remained steady while quetiapine prescribing was reduced

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids

Data largely reassuring, but seizure finding requires further evaluation, experts say

FDA APPROVED tovorafenib (Ojemda) over a CT scan of a glioma.

<乌鸦传媒>New Targeted Drug Approved for Low-Grade Glioma in Kids

First systemic therapy for pediatric patients with BRAF rearrangements

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<乌鸦传媒>Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds

Study attempts to untangle taste and olfactory dysfunction 1 year after infection

Neuro Break over a computer rendering of neurons.

<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Drug Skepticism; Safeguarding Brain Data; Benefits of Stimulating Jobs

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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<乌鸦传媒>From Neurointerventional Radiologist to 'Grey's Anatomy' Sonographer

A Q&A with a physician who got a taste of Hollywood

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<乌鸦传媒>Novel Drug Made of Gold Nanocrystals Appears Safe in Multiple Sclerosis

Small study suggested benefits for MS patients with chronic optic neuropathy

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<乌鸦传媒>Neurotechnology Development Must Be Slow and Steady

The burgeoning field holds both promise and risks

<乌鸦传媒>Paxlovid and COVID; Breast Cancer and Lymph Node Removal

Also in TTHealthWatch: pragmatic model for chronic kidney disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Multiple Sclerosis Predicted by Autoantibody Signature

Blood samples reveal signs of MS years before clinical diagnosis

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<乌鸦传媒>Novel Treatment Appears to Show Benefit in ALS

Ciprofloxacin and celecoxib formulation aims to target several ALS mechanisms

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<乌鸦传媒>Ocrelizumab Trial Fills Research Gap for Black, Hispanic MS Patients

Half of patients had no evidence of disease activity at 48 weeks

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<乌鸦传媒>Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms'

Steepest increases in risk observed for pneumonia, kidney injury, VTE, and stroke

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