Neurology News

• Higher Dose 'Z-Drugs' Tied to Serious Risks in Dementia Patients Dementia patients prescribed higher doses of "Z-drugs" for sleep disturbances face an increased risk for fractures, falls, and strokes, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• AHA 2020 Resuscitation More Likely With Faster Time to Head-Up CPR A preliminary study employed a "package" consisting of a head-up positioning device and different devices for CPR, so "it's hard to know which component is most important," said one expert.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• Medical Leaders Launch Grassroots Doctors' Alliance Inaugural town hall introduces a movement to unite doctors behind a single issue: the restoration of the physician–patient relationship.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• ACR 2020 RA Remission? Stop Methotrexate, Keep Etanercept In patients with RA whose disease is well controlled by methotrexate and etanercept, withdrawal of methotrexate led to long-term outcomes that were nearly as good as continuation of combination therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• ESO-WSO 2020 ECG Increases AF Detection, but Not Anticoagulation, After Stroke Researchers suggest that additional ECG monitoring should be focused on patients with stroke who are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• USPSTF Continues to Back Behavioral Intervention to Cut CVD Risk Adults with risk factors for cardiovascular should be offered or referred for behavioral counseling to promote a healthy diet and physical activity, the task force recommends.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 'Dramatic' Inflammation Reduction After OHCA With Tocilizumab A pilot study showed reduced systemic inflammatory response and cardiac injury in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, with the hope of affecting mortality and neurologic outcome in larger trials.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 Finerenone's Heart Benefits Hold in T2D Without CVD: FIDELIO-DKD The nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist showed cardiovascular benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, with or without CVD, a phase 3 trial shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Alert FDA Clears First Drug to Treat Ultra-Rare Metabolic Disorder Lumasiran (Oxlumo) is the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), a rare genetic disorder that causes recurrent kidney stones and loss of kidney function.
  FDA Approvals, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 'Healing' Stent on Par With Durable Polymer Stents: PIONEER III The trial's noninferiority margin, however, raised eyebrows and calls for longer, more convincing results to be collected over 5 years of follow-up.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Amyloid in the Retina Correlates With Alzheimer's Brain Changes Researchers have identified amyloid in the retina of living patients with cognitive decline and correlated this with brain changes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Telepsychiatry Poised to Thrive After the Pandemic Mental health experts expect virtual and in-person visits to merge to become a standard model of care in clinical psychiatry.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Immunotherapy Could Fill Unmet Need in Leptomeningeal Metastases Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab holds promise for improving the generally dismal outlook in patients with leptomeningeal metastases, a phase 2 trial suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 Potential New Option: 1-Month DAPT Post DES, Then Aspirin Alone One month of dual-antiplatelet therapy followed by aspirin monotherapy in patients who've received a drug-eluting stent proved noninferior to 6-12 months of DAPT in a large trial.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Earnings for CRNAs, the Highest-Paid APRNs, Top $200K: Survey Pay increased last year for all APRNs. Again this year, fewer APRNs are working full time.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Immunodeficiency Strongly Linked to Mental Illness, Suicidality Results of new study point to a link between antibody dysfunction and psychiatric disorders, including suicidal behavior.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• AHA 2020 Chili Pepper Consumption Linked to Better Midlife Survival In a meta-analysis of four geographically diverse observational studies, a higher intake of any type of chili pepper was associated with a lower rate of death from CV disease, cancer, or all causes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• Even 'Safe' Levels of Air Pollution Tied to Brain Shrinkage Even "safe" levels of air pollution may contribute to brain shrinkage and subsequent development of Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• Superior Cognitive Benefits With TAVR vs SAVR Previous research has shown that high-risk patients with cognitive decline have experienced cognitive improvement after TAVR. Now, a new study suggests similar improvements in low-risk patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• The Curious Case of Three Fingers and Four iPhones The cause of a patient's severe hand dystonia affecting three fingers had physicians stumped, but tenacious clinical investigation eventually led them to make the call on this very unusual case.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020