Neurology - REM sleep behavior disorder not related to poorer surgery...
Preoperative presence of REM sleep behavior disorder in patients with Parkinson's disease did not correlate with different clinical outcome 1 year after subthalamic deep brain...
View ArticleNeurology - Risk for PD increases years after influenza infection
Patients infected with influenza are more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 10 years after infection when compared with controls, according to data published in...
View ArticleNeurology - PD mortality significantly increased over past 2 decades
Mortality from Parkinson's disease increased significantly between 1999 and 2019, according to study results published in Neurology. “An early study in the U.S. population...
View ArticleNeurology - Researchers report dose-response association for physical...
Physical activity and all-cause mortality in Parkinson's disease may have a dose-response association, according to results of a nationwide population-based cohort study...
View ArticleNeurology - Reproductive history events in midlife women may offer protection...
“Reproductive history is a driver of brain aging in women, co-author Lisa Mosconi, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience in neurology and radiology and director of The Weill...
View ArticleNeurology - AAN issues new guideline for treatment of early PD
The American Academy of Neurology has issued a guideline providing recommendations for treating motor symptoms in people with early Parkinson's disease. The guideline...
View ArticleNeurology - Guidelines for Early Parkinson's Disease
Guideline for the treatment of early Parkinson's disease has been issued by The American Academy of Neurology .
View ArticleNeurology - AAN Issues Ethical Guidance on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
The American Academy of Neurology offers ethical guidance on how to counsel patients and their families about the use of the controversial anti-amyloid aducanumab for...
View ArticleNeurology - Brigham and Women's announces clinical trial for nasally...
Brigham and Women's Hospital will soon commence a clinical trial to test the first nasally administered treatment intended to arrest the progression of Alzheimer's disease...
View ArticleNeurology - Michael J Fox Foundation funds ketamine trial to treat patients...
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research awarded $2 million to a pair of researchers at Yale University for a clinical trial involving ketamine to treat...
View ArticleNeurology - Study provides deeper insights into familial Alzheimer's disease...
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological disease that causes impairments in memory and cognition. AD is believed to result from the deposition of protein "plaques...
View ArticleNeurology - Blood markers of brain cell damage higher over short term in...
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had higher levels over the short term of blood proteins known to rise with neurological damage than non-COVID-19 patients diagnosed with...
View ArticleNeurology - COVID-19 may Cause More Neurological Damage Than Alzheimer's Disease
COVID-19 patients were found to have higher levels of blood markers of neurological damage over the short term when compared to patients with Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleNeurology - Antirheumatics not found to lower Parkinson's risk
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs did not appear to be linked to a lower risk for Parkinson's disease among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, according to results of a...
View ArticleNeurology - Cognitive changes following major surgery not linked with changes...
Cognitive changes following non-neurologic and non-cardiac surgery were not associated with changes in Alzheimer's disease-related biomarkers in older patients, according to a...
View ArticleNeurology - Relationship between SARS-CoV-2 neurotropism and Alzheimer's disease
In a new study, researchers evaluated the neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and its impact on COVID-19 patients with and without neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleNeurology - People with better physical fitness are less likely to develop...
People who are more physically fit are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than people who are less physically fit, according to a preliminary study released today...
View ArticleNeurology - This Deficiency Can Lead to Psychosis and Alzheimer's
This article was previously published February 7, 2019, and has been updated with new information. It should come as no surprise that nutrition is a foundational consideration...
View ArticleNeurology - VIDEO: Amyloids in brain may reaccumulate in patients with AD...
Patients with Alzheimer's disease who are treated with lecanemab have shown the potential to reaccumulate brain amyloid after removal of the drug, a speaker said at the 2022...
View ArticleNeurology - 'Eye-catching' smartphone app could make it easy to screen for...
Researchers have developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer's disease, ADHD and other neurological diseases and disorders - by recording...
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