Neurology News

• The Rocky Path to Parenthood During Cardiology Training An international survey found significant variation in parental leave policies, including scant time off for trainees in the US and Asia vs other countries.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• SGLT-2 inhibitors as First-Line Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes? Real-world study finds heart failure hospitalization reduction compared to metformin but not MI, stroke, or overall mortality, and greater genital infection risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Newly Found Cells Could Help Restore Hearing Loss from Aging A single master gene has been identified that can program ear hairs and help restore hearing, according to Northwestern Medicine scientists.
  Quick Take, May 23, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 ACURATE neo2 Paravalvular Leaks Plummet vs Predecessor New real-world registry data comparing the redesigned valve to the first-generation ACURATE neo suggest that small changes can lead to big improvements.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Neurosurgeon in the Making: The Amazing Journey of Kwadwo Sarpong How did a young immigrant, who began life in the US as a janitor, start several nonprofits, garner invitations to the White House, and achieve his dream of pursuing a career in neurosurgery? Read on.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• APA 2022 Can a Novel Med School Curriculum Curb the US Opioid Epidemic? A curriculum focused on opioid education improves knowledge and confidence about pain management and opioid prescribing among medical students, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Hearing, Vision Loss Combo a Colossal Risk for Cognitive Decline Seniors with hearing or vision loss are at significant risk of cognitive decline, but the risk skyrockets in individuals with both.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Zolpidem Restrictions: How Are General Practitioners Coping? Most practitioners who participated in a French study described the restrictions as helpful for promoting discontinuation and, at the same time, problematic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• ESC-HF Moderate to High Alcohol Use May Push 'Pre-HF' Into Clinical HF Also, no protection was evident at any alcohol-intake level among STOP-HF trial participants who were initially at risk for heart failure but without echocardiographic signs of the disease.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Multiple Mental Health Woes? Blame It on Genetics A genetic analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbid mental illnesses are the norm, not the exception.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Thrombolysis Safe in Stroke Patients on Oral Anticoagulants A new observational study finds IV thrombolysis for acute stroke is safe for patients receiving direct oral anticoagulant therapy, prompting researchers to ask if current guidelines should be changed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• SCAI 2022 SCAI Issues Guidelines for PFO Management, Makes Case for Expansion Clinical guidelines address expanded indications for percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure along with antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AACE 2022 Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for Hypothyroidism Clinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Mental Health of Most Kids With Autism Declined in Pandemic Researchers identified parents' mental health difficulties, loss of academic and health services, and material deprivation as risk factors for impaired mental health among children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• New Insight Into How Brain Stimulation Eases Major Depression Functional MRI reveals that rTMS induces widespread alterations in functional connectivity in brain regions involved in emotion and motor control.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Many Americans Missing an Opportunity to Prevent Dementia Nearly half of all US adults aged 45 and older have modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's and related dementia, including high blood pressure, low levels of physical activity, and obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Genomic Risk Score Predicts Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk A metagenomic risk score combined with clinical risk factors shows promise.
  First Look, May 19, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 LYDEN: Better Hemodynamics With Evolut vs Sapien in ViV The self-expanding and balloon-expandable valves were comparable, however, on other outcomes in the challenging setting of small failed surgical valves.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Who Is Most Concerned With Self-presentation on Social Media? How self-presentation on social media is influenced by sociodemographic variables, lifestyle, and personality.
  First Look, May 19, 2022