Neurology News

• Alert EMA Says Don't Mix Mysimba and Opioid-Containing Meds Existing advice for prescribing the weight loss drugs needs to be strengthened to minimize the risks from interactions, the European drug authority said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Alert EMA Refuses Marketing Authorization for Alzheimer's Drug Leqembi's EU-wide marketing authorization was refused because the drug's effect on delaying cognitive decline does not counterbalance the risk for serious adverse events.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• 'Doesn't Fit Anything I Trained for': Treating Chronic Lyme Researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates at a national meeting weighed in on efforts needed to accelerate research on treatments for chronic illness associated with Lyme disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Sugar May Drive Dementia, German Medical Societies Warn High blood sugar levels damage brain blood vessels and promote deposits on the vessel walls, thus reducing blood flow and nutrient supply to brain cells.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Inappropriate NSAID Prescribing Causing Avoidable Harm Prescribing NSAIDs to people at high risk of harm from them has cost more than 6000 years of good health and £31 million for the NHS over the past decade, a study found.
  Medscape News UK, July 26, 2024
• Newer Shingles Vaccine Tied to Lower Dementia Risk A new study showed a newer recombinant shingles vaccine was linked to a 164-day delay in dementia diagnosis in older adults compared to an older live shingles vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Slow-Release Buprenorphine Safe in Mild OUD Withdrawal Extended-release buprenorphine medication was deemed safe for patients with mild opioid withdrawal.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Two Diets Linked to Improved Cognition, Slowed Brain Aging Intermittent fasting and standard healthy diets both improve cognition, slow brain aging, and reduce insulin resistance, new research showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Conduct Disorder Tied to Brain Structure Differences The largest study to date on conduct disorder in youth shows it is associated with extensive brain volume differences in several subcortical areas.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link An analysis of a national claims database found that mental health disorders and chronic diabetic complications were linked over the lifespan of those with type 1 or 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• GRAPPA 2024 Adverse Events Differ Between Two Second-Line Psoriasis Rxs Apremilast and deucravacitinib, oral small-molecule drugs approved for treating psoriasis, were linked to different adverse events, and adverse event profiles differed between men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• New Models Predict Time From MCI to Dementia Researchers made headway in developing predictive models for dementia that provide estimations of time to certain cognition levels.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• The Skinny on What We Know About the Microbiome and Obesity Mayo Clinic researcher Sahil Khanna discussed the links between obesity and the microbiome, the potential of microbiome therapeutics, and future avenues for research.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• New Criteria Flag Memory Disorder Often Mistaken for AD Researchers have published clinical criteria for a type of memory loss in older adults that progresses more slowly and has a better prognosis than Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Will Treating High Blood Pressure Curb Dementia Risk? Evidence is mixed or lacking, but experts say it makes sense to treat hypertension to lower dementia risk, particularly in middle age.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Sliced Deli Meats Two people have died from an outbreak of the bacteria listeria linked to deli-counter sliced meat, and dozens more have been sickened.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Are GLP-1s Bad for Retinas? A pivotal clinical trial found an increased risk for worsening diabetic retinopathy with semaglutide, but a large database analysis of real-world patients raised questions about that finding.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Treatable Condition Misdiagnosed as Dementia in 13% of Cases Patients with dementia may instead have hepatic encephalopathy, a treatable cause of cognitive impairment often caused by cirrhosis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Acupuncture Tied to Improved Sleep in Parkinson's Disease Acupuncture improves sleep quality and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's, the results of a recent randomized clinical trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Atogepant May Prevent Rebound Headache From Med Overuse The CGRP atogepant is effective in preventing rebound headache related to medication overuse in patients with chronic migraine, new research suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024