Neurology
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Older diabetes drugs linked to dementia risk -- one lower, one higher
“Double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trials are needed to see whether the drug [TDZ] could help lower dementia risk in people with and...
News
Epidemic of brain fog? Long COVID’s effects worry experts
“We need to be paying attention to this. What we’ve seen is really the tip of the iceberg.”
News
The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...
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Air pollution tied to stroke risk, subsequent CV events, and death
“Understanding and reducing the effects of air pollutants on different transition stages in stroke will be beneficial in managing people’s health...
Literature Review
Bariatric surgery may up risk for epilepsy
“We now know that the microbiome is associated with epilepsy” and that changes occur in the gut microbiome after bariatric surgery.
Conference Coverage
COVID vaccination does not appear to worsen symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Vaccination programs should continue for patients with Parkinson’s disease.
News
New science reveals the best way to take a pill
Posture determined as much as 83% of how quickly a pill disperses into the intestines.
Literature Review
COVID-19 linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk
“If this is another burden that’s increased by COVID, this is something we’re really going to have to prepare for.”
Conference Coverage
Sacubitril/valsartan shows cognitive safety in heart failure: PERSPECTIVE
Patients with heart failure on sacubitril/valsartan had no signal of cognitive decline, compared with controls in PERSPECTIVE, a prospective,...
Conference Coverage
Secondary CV prevention benefit from polypill promises global health benefit
In older patients with a prior myocardial infarction, a three-drug polypill significantly reduced risk of CV events in the multinational SECURE...