Speech Changes May Signal Cognitive Impairment Prospective study suggests 'connected speech' assessment could be screening tool Jul 17, 2017
Lifetime Stress May Boost Dementia Risk for Blacks African Americans seem to experience cognitive issues earlier Jul 16, 2017
CDC: White Collar Jobs Tied to Neurodegenerative Disease Deaths ALS, Parkinson's mortality more common in highly educated workers Jul 13, 2017
Can a Mild Opioid Work for Opioid 'Detox'? Could be a method to manage opioid withdrawal symptoms Jul 12, 2017
Uptick in Creutzfeld-Jakob Cases Raises Questions (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Is chronic wasting disease in deer making the jump to humans? Jul 10, 2017
Lymphoma Case Reported in MS Patient on Aubagio First case in medical literature, more found in global surveillance reports Jul 07, 2017
A Look Back: Abandoned Painkiller Makes a Comeback Backstory on Opana ER, which the FDA now wants off the market Jun 09, 2017
Caffeine No Help for Motor Function in Parkinson's Randomized controlled trial clashes with epidemiologic data Jun 09, 2017
Anti-Tau Drugs for PSP Move into Phase II But phase I study of one agent pulled from presentation Jun 08, 2017
Inhaled Levodopa Cuts Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's 'Off' Episodes Drugmaker Acorda to seek FDA approval shortly Jun 08, 2017
No Easy Solutions to the Opioid Addiction Crisis Government alone can't solve the problem, say experts Jun 07, 2017
Sleep Deprived Workers Have Less Cognitive Flexibility Response to unexpected events highly impaired, study finds Jun 07, 2017
Sleep Aid Tied to Parkinson's Risk But meta-analysis includes only two Taiwanese claims studies Jun 07, 2017
FDA Eyeing Patient-Reported Outcomes in Huntington's, Parkinson's Some non-motor symptoms may be ideal 'PRO' candidates Jun 06, 2017
How Frequently Do Small Brain Aneurysms Rupture? Hard to say for sure: evidence quality isn't good Jun 05, 2017
Morning Break: Tainted Trials; $40K/Yr Concierge Practice; Reality TV: Diabetes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Jun 05, 2017
Can a Dead Brain Be Resurrected? (Scientific American) Researchers plan to inject stem cells into the brain to restore neuron function Jun 01, 2017
PPAR-Gamma Drug May Work in MS In phase II study, drug diminished inflammatory lesions & cortical atrophy May 30, 2017
Valbenazine for Tardive Dyskinesia Tolerated Long-Term Only 15% of patients discontinued tx over 1 year due to adverse events May 28, 2017
McDonald Criteria for MS May Incorporate CSF Testing Revision committee finds OCB testing may be useful in specific cases May 25, 2017
Treating Sleep Problems May Ease Depression PAP therapy tied to reduction in depressive symptoms May 24, 2017
Scale Back on Antithrombotics After LAA Closure? Registry studies suggest less potent drugs with Watchman, Amulet May 21, 2017
Study: Orthopedic Surgery Patients Given Too Many Opioids Most don't take all they're prescribed May 20, 2017
Does Longer TAVR Time Make Stroke More Likely? SURTAVI neuro substudy bolsters comparability between TAVR, SAVR May 19, 2017
Asthma Biologic, Rally Among ATS Highlights Attendees to organize on Capitol Hill; will also hear benralizumab phase III results May 17, 2017
FDA Data Support Ketamine as Depression Therapy Analysis of FAERS data finds less comorbid depression among pain patients on ketamine May 12, 2017
The Yips, Potential CTE-Depression Link and More New sports psychology articles raise research questions May 11, 2017
Quinine for Leg Cramps Tied to Increased Death Risk Adults under age 50 had threefold greater mortality risk May 10, 2017
PEG Tube Placement OK in Centenarian Patients Age alone should not be an absolute contraindication May 07, 2017
NEPAD: Better Endpoint for Progressive MS Trials? Tweak to 'no evidence of disease activity' standard stiffens criteria for progression May 02, 2017
AAN Debate: Neurologists Divided on Amyloid as Alzheimer Target Many attendees say the pathway is still worth exploring May 01, 2017
Consistently High BP Seems to Up Dementia, AD Risk Steep BP decrease among non-hypertensives also a concern May 01, 2017
Presymptomatic Infants Do Best with Nusinersen Best results may be with dosing before 6 weeks of age Apr 28, 2017
New Hints that Vitamin D Helps MS Patients Two randomized trials miss endpoints but still strongly suggest benefit Apr 28, 2017
Wise Buy? Focused Ultrasound Therapies Exciting technology, but now sold to patients on slim supporting evidence Apr 28, 2017
Eteplirsen Boosts Dystrophin, Function in DMD Details from 12 patients in Study 201/202 reported at AAN Apr 27, 2017
Novel Parkinson Therapies Highlighted at AAN Meeting Early results with gene therapy, new carbidopa-levodopa formulation featured Apr 27, 2017