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Basal ganglia microcircuits offer clues to Parkinson’s symptoms
In a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease, specific neuronal subpopulations, or microcircuits, in the basal ganglia could be manipulated to...
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Palliative care for patients with dementia: When to refer?
A systematic literature review finds few consistent criteria for referrals save for disease stage. Researchers argue that patients’ needs may be...
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Neurologic disorders ubiquitous and rising in the U.S.
Most of the rise in disease burden could be attributed to population aging, while age-standardized figures showed stroke and dementias to be level...
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Cognitive effects seen as transient for Alzheimer’s drug atabecestat
Follow-up data from a canceled trial showed that cognitive worsening from the BACE inhibitor was reversed within 6 months of stopping treatment....
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Is the EDSS an adequate outcome measure in secondary progressive MS trials?
Investigators say it may be time to replace as a primary outcome measure an instrument that registers more improvement than is likely possible in...
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Half of women treated for gynecologic cancers miss or skip doses of oral drugs
Those who did not take all their medications cited anxiety or expressed doubt about the efficacy of their regimens.
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Nebulized surfactant shows promise in large cohort
An aerosolized surfactant reduced the need for liquid surfactant treatment by half among premature infants with early mild to moderate respiratory...
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New case suggestive of in utero SARS-CoV-2 transmission
In this rare case of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from a mother to her neonate, virus was detected in cord blood but not placenta.
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Chinese American families suffer discrimination related to COVID-19
In a sample of Chinese American parents and children, reports of racial discrimination during the pandemic were common.
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Artificially sweetened drinks add to CVD risk
People who reported consuming around 180 mL per day of beverages high in sugar or artificially sweetened drinks saw a higher risk of developing...
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Stress tests before knee, hip replacement surgeries down, with no ill effects
While routine preoperative stress tests appear to be a thing of the past, many patients without known risk factors are still being tested. Do...
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App for MS aims to capture elusive signals of progression
Researchers in Switzerland argue for seeing MS as a continuum of disease that can progress with or without relapse. Their new smartphone-based app...
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Infants around the world with bronchiolitis received excess tests despite guidelines
While antibiotic use was relatively rare in this global cohort, chest x-rays, blood tests, and other nonrecommended interventions were common.
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Pubovaginal sling during urethral diverticulectomy reduces stress incontinence
The reduction in stress urinary incontinence was significant, but it was associated with other adverse effects.
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New definitions of hypertension reveal new preeclampsia risks
Women with what was once called prehypertension may need more monitoring in early pregnancy.