Headache News

• How PAs Can Avoid Malpractice: Go Back to Practice Basics A thorough medical history that focuses on diagnostics can help PAs steer clear of medical errors and their legal ramifications, a medico-legal consultant advises.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• CARRA 2022 Pfizer COVID Vax Performs Well in Youth With Rheumatic Diseases Nearly all participants in the study showed complete seroconversion, in contrast to similar studies in adults.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Two Investigational Meds Promising for Myasthenia Gravis Two investigational medications are safe and effective for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves Oral Form of ALS Drug Edaravone The FDA has approved an orally administered version of edaravone for adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  FDA Approvals, May 13, 2022
• New Data Support Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression A retrospective cohort study provides evidence that the treatment can prevent suicide among patients with severe depression. Psychiatrists comment that ECT is used too infrequently.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• ACOG 2022 Headache in Pregnancy: What's in the New ACOG Guidelines Despite a dearth of high-quality study data, experts offered recommendations for how best to manage women suffering headaches during and after childbirth.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ACP-IM 2022 When Medical 'Myths' Outlast the Evidence Long-held dogma engraved during training or early in the careers of many physicians can be difficult to overcome despite new evidence to the contrary.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• COVID-19 Infection Has More Than 50 Long-Term Effects Dyspnea, muscle weakness, and cognitive and mood problems are among the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Aerobic exercise and strength training improve these symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Activity Score Helps Cold Urticaria Patients Monitor Illness A 4-question rating scale enables people with cold urticaria monitor their illness, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Study Provides New Data on Isotretinoin and Psychiatric Effects Although severe neuropsychiatric effects associated with isotretinoin therapy in patients with acne have been reported, 'the evidence base…is mixed and inconclusive,' according to the authors of a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• ESCPrev 2022 Peripheral Muscle Fatigue Limits Post-COVID Exercise Cardiopulmonary exercise testing suggests need for aerobic and muscle strengthening after COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022
• How Can We Help Refugees With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? Providing physical safety and financial security to refugees is crucial. Family and community members also play a significant role in supporting refugees with PTSD.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2022
• Buccal Patches and Films Could Make Prescriptions Easier to Take Researchers are developing new ways of administering drugs that are easier, more convenient, could work faster and have fewer side effects.
  WebMD Health News, April 19, 2022
• Methylphenidate Is Overprescribed to Children in France New prescriptions for methylphenidate have been increasing in France, data show. These prescriptions sometimes are written in the absence of a diagnosis of ADHD, which is the drug's only indication.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2022
• OARSI 2022 High Comorbidity Rate Seen Before Osteoarthritis Diagnosis Since this was an explorative study, the results are "very interesting starting points for future research," said one of the investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2022
• When Symptoms Linger for Weeks, Is It Long COVID? Patients with symptoms that last 3 to 12 weeks after an acute covid infection should adopt a "watchful waiting" approach to recovery, an expert says.
  Kaiser Health News, April 13, 2022
• CDC Reports Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida It can be a 'very serious, often deadly' disease, the CDC said. The two most common types of meningococcal disease are meningitis and septicemia.
  WebMD Health News, April 11, 2022
• AAN 2022 Stem Cells Restore Lost Function in Traumatic Brain Injury For the first time, stem cell therapy has been shown to improve disability caused by moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• About 19% of COVID-19 Headaches Become Chronic Age, female sex, headache intensity, pressure-like quality, the presence of photophobia or phonophobia, and worsening with physical activity were associated with persistent headache in a recent study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• ADAA 2022 Novel Medication Tied to Better QoL in Major Depression An investigational, 2-week oral neuroactive steroid improved measures of function and quality of life to near-normal levels in patients with major depression, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2022