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October 20, 2022

Blood Pressure Meds a Novel Approach to Epilepsy Prevention? Blood Pressure Meds a Novel Approach to Epilepsy Prevention?

For patients with arterial hypertension, treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) may help protect against epilepsy, results from a large retrospective study show. Investigators found […]
October 20, 2022

Risk Score Refines TIA Management for PCPs, Emergency Docs Risk Score Refines TIA Management for PCPs, Emergency Docs

The authors of a new evidence review recommend the Canadian TIA Risk Score for managing patients who present to the emergency department or physician’s office with […]
October 19, 2022

Exercise Strengthens Cognitive Function in Stroke Patients Exercise Strengthens Cognitive Function in Stroke Patients

Exercise appears to significantly improve cognitive function following a stroke, bringing patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment back to near normal cognition. Results of a […]
October 17, 2022

No Effect of Diet on Dementia Risk? No Effect of Diet on Dementia Risk?

Contrary to some prior studies, new research suggests that a healthy diet, including the Mediterranean diet, does not reduce dementia risk. After adjusting for relevant demographic […]
October 13, 2022

Headache May Predict Better Survival for Inpatients With COVID-19 Headache May Predict Better Survival for Inpatients With COVID-19

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Headache as a symptom of COVID-19 could help predict survival for inpatients […]
October 12, 2022

What If Big Tech Could Read Your Mind? What If Big Tech Could Read Your Mind?

Ever since his mid-30s, Greg had lived in a nursing home. An assault six years earlier left him minimally conscious, unable to talk or eat. Two […]
October 11, 2022

Concussion Researcher Paul McCrory Earns Nine More Retractions Concussion Researcher Paul McCrory Earns Nine More Retractions

A prominent sports medicine researcher who earlier this year had an editorial from his time as the top editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine retracted for plagiarism has […]
October 11, 2022

Sleep Study Aids Diagnosis of Functional Neurologic Disorder Sleep Study Aids Diagnosis of Functional Neurologic Disorder

A young patient had used a wheelchair for many years because of paraplegia. During a video-monitored sleep study, however, she spontaneously flexed her thigh and stretched […]
October 10, 2022

The Happy Hormone: Why We Shouldn’t Mess With Dopamine The Happy Hormone: Why We Shouldn’t Mess With Dopamine

Google the word “dopamine” and you will learn that its nicknames are the “happy hormone” and the “pleasure molecule” and that it is among the most […]
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