Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic May 05, 2021
ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help? May 04, 2021
Dissolving Film Quells Agitation in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Improvements seen in 30 minutes or less with investigational oral agent May 03, 2021
This Is How Much Every Second Counts in Stroke Thrombectomy Delays until reperfusion cost years of healthy life, meta-analysis suggests May 03, 2021
Amphetamine Patch Succeeds Among Kids With ADHD Investigational patch worn for 9 hours on the hip May 03, 2021
New Clues to Sleep Problems, Solutions in Cancer Patients Studies in GI and breast cancers zero in on sleep disturbance during active treatment Apr 30, 2021
Endocarditis After Low-Risk TAVR: Different Trajectory, Problem Organisms Low-risk patients "not immune" to rare infection, LRT studies show Apr 30, 2021
Chronic Pain Patients Find Relief With Cannabis, Despite Varying Evidence "The problem is that we cannot find predictors for good responses yet," says pain specialist Apr 30, 2021
Involuntary Psychiatric Holds in Kids: The Known Unknowns Literature review turns up factors associated with youth psych admissions, and knowledge gaps Apr 30, 2021
Delayed Diagnosis Common in Spinal Ailment Typical 7-year delay after symptom onset leaves patients at risk for irreversible damage Apr 30, 2021
Did Vaping THC 'Wax' for 5 Days Cause This Teen Girl's Seizure? Evidence for the effect of THC on seizure threshold is conflicting, clinicians say Apr 29, 2021
Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud Apr 28, 2021
Managing Risk of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain: Timing Is Key Psychological interventions can support other treatment Apr 28, 2021
Facial Paralysis After COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Know Analysis suggests no higher safety signal than other vaccines Apr 27, 2021
Diabetes, Dementia, and Age: What's the Link? Age of diabetes onset, as well as cardiovascular comorbidities, play large role in dementia risk Apr 27, 2021
Will Telehealth Shape the Future of Pain Care? Lessons from the pandemic may guide the way pain medicine is delivered Apr 26, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Promising in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Significant benefit for women over weight loss program, which went unused by most participants Apr 26, 2021
COVID-19 Pain Poses Unique Challenges Neuropathic pain may be common, especially after prolonged ICU stay Apr 26, 2021
Alzheimer's Aducanumab Redosing Study Underway Nearly 1,400 patients whose treatment was stopped when trials were halted have enrolled Apr 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Are Marijuana Use and Suicide Linked? A review of the data show there's cause for alarm Apr 23, 2021
Novel Oxybate Tx Helps Idiopathic Hypersomnia Patients Lower-sodium oxybate improves scores on sleepiness scale compared with placebo Apr 23, 2021
Human IgG1 Antibody Shows Promise in Myasthenia Gravis Phase III study shows improvements in activities of daily living Apr 22, 2021
BTK Inhibitor Cuts Marker of Neuronal Damage in Relapsing MS Novel agent lowered neurofilament light chain levels, may help reduce neuroaxonal damage Apr 22, 2021
Ultra-Long-Acting Schizophrenia Pill Success; What 'Cured' Seth Rogen's ADHD? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Apr 21, 2021
Vaccines and Long COVID: Top NIH Leaders Weigh in at Neurology Meeting Can research on long COVID help people with chronic fatigue? Apr 21, 2021
Migraines Bode Poorly for Blood Pressure in Menopausal Women Migraine medication use, presence of auras made no difference in observational study Apr 21, 2021
In Depression, the Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree Study shows kids have increased depression risk with family history Apr 21, 2021
Black MS Patients See More Rapid B-Cell Repopulation May have implications for timing of lab draws and anti-CD20 dosing, researchers say Apr 20, 2021
ALS 'Compassionate Use' Again Hits National Media Expanded access campaigns will only become more frequent with growing rare disease pipelines Apr 20, 2021
Doc Groups Object to New Prior Authorization Rules in Medicare Requirements for two spinal procedures set to take effect July 1 Apr 20, 2021
USPSTF Still Sour on Afib Screening, Even With Apple Watch Task force weighs in with draft recommendations for wearables and clinic alike Apr 20, 2021
Novel ALS Drug Continues to Show Survival Benefit Median time to first hospitalization not yet reached with AMX0035 in CENTAUR trial Apr 19, 2021
COVID Antibody Responses Reduced in Some MS Patients But T-cell responses were similar, even in patients on ocrelizumab Apr 19, 2021
Study: No Link Between Epidural Analgesia and Kids' Autism Risk But further research should address safety for childhood development, editorialists say Apr 19, 2021
COVID Deaths Higher With Neuro Syndromes in Hospitalized Patients Encephalopathy, coma most prevalent neurologic manifestations Apr 18, 2021
Global Stroke Care Takes a Hit During the Pandemic Seventy-country study finds ties to drop in volume of stroke hospitalizations, treatment Apr 17, 2021
Blood-Based Markers Tied to Brain Cell and Memory Loss Another step closer to clinical utility for tracking neurodegeneration Apr 16, 2021
Should 'X-Waiver' Be Nixed? Relaxing "bupe" training requirement is last thing Congress should do, says GOP doc Apr 16, 2021