Study: Young Black, Latino People Fare Better than White People After Bleeding Stroke

Does race play a role in how well someone recovers after stroke? New research focused on younger people who have had a hemorrhagic stroke found that young black and Latino people may be less likely than young white people to be disabled or even die...
16-Jan-2020 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study: MS Drug Costs Nearly Triple over Seven Years, Even with Introduction of Generic

The cost of prescriptions for multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs nearly tripled over seven years, and the introduction of a generic version of one of the most common drugs had little overall effect on prices, according to a study published in the January...
10-Jan-2020 3:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

Sleep Deprived? Study Finds Losing a Night of Sleep May Increase Alzheimer’s Biomarker

A preliminary study has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau, a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease, in their blood than when they had a full, uninterrupted night of rest. The...
6-Jan-2020 3:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

What Comes First, Beta-Amyloid Plaques or Thinking and Memory Problems?

The scientific community has long believed that beta-amyloid, a protein that can clump together and form sticky plaques in the brain, is the first sign of Alzheimer’s disease. Beta-amyloid then leads to other brain changes including...
27-Dec-2019 1:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Obesity, but Not Poor Diet and Inactivity, Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia

A large study that followed more than one million women for nearly two decades has found that obesity in midlife is linked to a greater risk of dementia later in life; however, poor diet and lack of exercise are not. The study is published in the...
15-Dec-2019 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Take Long Naps? Sleep More Than Nine Hours a Night? Your Stroke Risk May Be Higher

People who take long naps during the day or sleep nine or more hours at night may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study published in the December 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of...
6-Dec-2019 4:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

For Concussion, MS, Other Neurologic Disorders, Telemedicine May Be as Effective as Office Visit

For people with many neurologic disorders, seeing the neurologist by video may be as effective as an in-person visit, according to a review of the evidence conducted by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The evidence review examined all...
3-Dec-2019 11:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

Beware of Swimming if You Use Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s

Researchers have identified nine cases of people who lost their ability to swim after having a deep brain stimulation device implanted to control symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The new research is published in the November 27, 2019, online issue...
22-Nov-2019 11:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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