Dr. Chadrick Lane, a neuropsychiatrist and director of the geriatric and neuropsychiatry clinic at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, said humor can be a helpful wellness tool for those navigating the Parkinson's journey. Older adults diagnosed with autism…
An experimental oral drug reduced pain-related hypersensitivity in rats while showing limited entry into the brain. The results suggest a possible way to treat nerve pain without some of the unwanted effects that make existing medicines difficult to use. The…
People who retain unusually strong memories after age 80 are less likely to carry a major Alzheimer’s risk variant and more likely to carry a protective one, a large study found. The pattern offers clues to resilience, without making genes the…
A medicine already used in hospitals has prevented artery-blocking blood clots in experiments, suggesting a possible new approach to reducing heart attacks and strokes. The strategy targets a clot-forming protein rather than directly disabling the blood’s platelets. The drug, N-acetylcysteine,…
The phrase "time is brain" is meant to convey the urgency of stroke treatment, emphasizing how a swift response can significantly improve odds of recovery. A typical stroke patient, for instance, loses an estimated 1.9 million neurons for every minute a…
Scientists exploring the links between a spinal cord injury, inflammation and immune function have turned their attention to a genome-level analysis of the gut microbial community, with early study results offering hints at potential new approaches to aid healing. In…
A multicentre Chinese cohort study of 1,127 adults aged 18 to 49 found that each 1 mmol/L higher early in-hospital fasting blood glucose was associated with 30% higher adjusted odds of an unfavourable 90-day outcome after ischaemic stroke.
A letter to the editor argues that a fifteen-patient staged lesioning study lacked a comparator arm, blinded assessment, and medication data needed to support claims of safety and efficacy. Article Title: Comment on “safety and efficacy of staged radiofrequency bilateral…
The WHO's Basic Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation distills 297 candidate interventions into 71 that primary care workers without rehabilitation training can deliver, refined through field tests in Ghana and Fiji. WHO builds a 71-intervention rehabilitation toolkit for primary care Subject of…
A prospective cohort study of 13,806 Chinese adults links persistent childhood and adulthood stressful life events to higher risks of nine chronic diseases, with each additional event associated with increased risk. Subject of Research: Associations of life-course trajectories and cumulative burden…
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