Neurology News

• Ex-Nursing Assistant Pleads Guilty in Insulin Deaths An Army veteran injected seven patients with lethal doses of insulin at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. An eighth patient died 2 weeks after Reta Mays tried to kill him, a US attorney says.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2020
• Toward a More Clinically Useful Definition of Paroxysmal AF Recurrences seem least likely after ablation of AF in bouts lasting less than 24 hours, so maybe such very short episodes are most deserving of the name 'paroxysmal,' researchers propose.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2020
• Cardiovascular Risk Factors Tied to Midlife Cognitive Decline Cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, are linked to a significantly increased risk for cognitive decline in midlife in a dose-dependent manner, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• Prior Beta Blockers Predict Extra HF Burden in Women With ACS
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• 'This Is a Pandemic of Inequality' 'Health care workers, especially physicians, like to think that we give everyone equal treatment,' says emergency physician Uché Blackstock. 'We don't -- and we have the data that shows that.'
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• Residents, Fellows Will Get Minimum 6 Weeks Leave Leave can be taken once during training for medical care or caregiving without having to use sick days or vacation. ABMS announced the move to help reduce stress and increase autonomy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• Lung Damage in Some COVID-19 Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Radiologists find evidence of barotrauma more often among patients with COVID-19 who have received invasive mechanical ventilation than those with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• Work-Life Balance Dwarfs Pay in Female Doctors' Top Concerns Women report struggling to 'be present' at home and missing out on life with their spouse. Although almost two thirds said balance was their top concern, 43% put pay issues at the top.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2020
• Do You Have PPE Now? The American Medical Association has asked the US government to use the Defense Production Act to generate an adequate supply of PPE for physicians in all settings, including ambulatory care.
  Medscape Reader Polls, July 15, 2020
• Less REM Sleep Tied to Higher Mortality Less REM sleep has been tied to an increased risk for death, and though a new study does not prove cause and effect, it does suggest that the quantity of REM sleep may be an important health indicator.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Top-Line Results: Finerenone Delays Progression in CKD With Diabetes When added to standard of care, the investigational drug finerenone delayed disease progression in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Guidance Addresses Elders With Diabetes During COVID-19 Two geriatricians from the Joslin Diabetes Center offer advice for navigating the challenges associated with helping these vulnerable adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• FDA Expands Dysport Use for Cerebral Palsy-Related Spasticity Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) has been approved for expanded use to treat upper- and lower-limb spasticity, including that caused by cerebral palsy, for patients 2 and older.
  FDA Approvals, July 14, 2020
• Payment Problems as Patients Lose Coverage due to COVID Patient visits are back, but many have lost insurance or have a lesser plan. Here's what physicians can do to increase their revenue in this situation.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Stress Relief a 'Crucial Component of Diabetes Management' 'Finding ways to lower stress levels is important to everyone's overall health, especially for those with type 2 diabetes,' says the senior author of a new study linking cortisol and glucose levels.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Lies and Desperation: 'Professional Study Subjects' Skew Research Motivated by money or increasing their odds of receiving free treatment, 'professional study subjects' lie about their health status and use other forms of deception to get into clinical trials.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• CMSC 2020Influenza Vaccine Efficacy 'Undiminished' in MS The efficacy of the influenza vaccine when given to patients with multiple sclerosis is similar to that in healthy controls, according to an analysis of nine published cohort studies.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2020
• Hyperglycemia Predicts COVID-19 Death Even Without Diabetes In two Wuhan hospitals, nearly half of all COVID-19 patients without a prior diabetes diagnosis had hyperglycemia, and those individuals were more likely to die within 28 days.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Intubation Boxes, Patients Refusing Masks The coronavirus stories Medscape's editors around the globe think you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020
• Pre-TAVR Double BASILICA Can Spell Double Trouble Lacerating the right and left leaflets was linked with lower survival and lower survival free from coronary obstruction and stroke, VIVID registry data show.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020