Electrical Stimulation Tx Promising for Refractory Constipation Durable and clinically significant improvement seen in small trial Mar 04, 2020
Can Physicians Spot Prescription Drug Misuse? Study highlights struggles prescribers face with opioids, gabapentin Mar 01, 2020
Antipsychotic Shown to Change Brain in Psychotic Depression Olanzapine exposure versus placebo tied to decline in cortical thickness Feb 26, 2020
Mobile Stroke Unit Availability Improves Stroke Clinical Outcomes Berlin's experience with the world's first units shows the payoff Feb 21, 2020
Hopes for Novel Stroke Drug Dashed in Trial But ESCAPE-NA1 signals neuroprotectant might work if given without thrombolytic Feb 20, 2020
Out of the Basement: Early Results Promising for Portable MRI Feasibility study indicates no interference in ICU, no metal issues Feb 20, 2020
Treating Sleep Problems in Children With Autism New guideline offers way to help patients and parents Feb 12, 2020
MOG Antibodies Tied to More Pediatric Conditions "Major surprise" seen in children with encephalitis Feb 11, 2020
Most Drugs Don't Work for Pediatric Migraine Prevention But a few medications may work for some children, network meta-analysis suggests Feb 10, 2020
Adverse Childhood Events Tied to Dementia Physical, psychological abuse emerge as factors in Japanese study Feb 07, 2020
Neurology Patients Have Higher Suicide Rates While suicide is rare, some disorders carry five times more risk Feb 04, 2020
Common Diuretic May Ease Autism Symptoms Bumetanide tied to GABA-to-glutamate changes in children with ASD Jan 31, 2020
Linda Ronstadt's Rare Brain Disorder Iconic singer speaks about her neurological condition Jan 30, 2020
When Pregnant Moms Are Distressed, Fetal Brains May Suffer Anxiety, stress, depression tied to fetal impairment, but what this means after birth is unknown Jan 29, 2020
Your Brain on Psilocybin; Probiotics and Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Signaling News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 21, 2020
Despite New Generic, MS Drug Costs Nearly Triple in 7 Years Generic glatiramer acetate "had a minimal effect on prices overall" Jan 15, 2020
EMS Stroke Protocols Questioned More rules are necessary to ensure patients get to Level 1 stroke centers, government panel told Jan 14, 2020
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
Phlegm-Busting Drug Shows Promise in Parkinson's Ambroxol crosses blood-brain barrier and boosts GCase levels Jan 13, 2020
After Five Months in a Coma, Young Nurse Wakes Up Chicago RN with rare autoimmune encephalitis responds to unusual treatment Jan 10, 2020
Bad News for Tau PET Tracer in CTE Only modest correlation between imaging result and actual pathology in ex-football player Jan 07, 2020
Teenager in Psych Crisis Waits 25 Days in ED for Admission Amid psychiatric bed shortage, patient left in "Kafkaesque" limbo Jan 07, 2020
Boxers, MMA Fighters Show Distinct Brain Injury Patterns Can brain region volume be a biomarker for future CTE? Dec 23, 2019
FDA Warns of Breathing Problems With Gabapentinoids Updated labeling for gabapentin, pregabalin, and new trials required Dec 19, 2019
FDA Warns Alkermes on Vivitrol Ads Campaign omits important risk information, agency says Dec 12, 2019
Diazepam Nasal Spray Shows Promise for Poor Seizure Control Profile similar to rectal administration, with less interpatient variability Dec 10, 2019
Cannabidiol Cuts Seizures in Another Rare Epilepsy Pharmaceutical-grade CBD shows efficacy in tuberous sclerosis complex Dec 07, 2019
European 'Brain-Boosting' Drug Pushed as Supplement in U.S. Study finds FDA-rejected supplement can deliver doses high above EU-approved range Nov 25, 2019
Chronic Opioids and Sleep: What Prescribers Need to Know "There are a lot of issues with sleep going unnoticed" Nov 22, 2019
Jimmy Carter's Head Injury: Emblem of Impending Health Crisis His recent surgery isn't an isolated case Nov 21, 2019
Knockout: In Boxing, Brain Damage Is the Goal Why do we applaud a sport dedicated to hurting people? Nov 14, 2019
When Should Kids Start -- or Stop -- Playing Contact Sports? Consensus report looks at preventing concussions in youth sports Nov 12, 2019
Muscle Relaxant Tied to Severe Confusion in CKD Patients Higher dose of baclofen associated with encephalopathy in older patients Nov 10, 2019
Prozac for Kids With Autism: Verdict Is In Randomized trial undercuts rationale for common therapy Nov 06, 2019
Waves of CSF Flow Into the Brain During Sleep Findings may have implications for Alzheimer's and dementia Nov 01, 2019
Prozac and Autism in Children Study suggests no effect on obsessive compulsive behaviors in ASD Oct 23, 2019