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Trouble Falling Asleep Predicts Later Cognitive Impairment

Depression and vascular disease may play roles

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Most Older Women Do Not Meet Criteria to Stop Cervical Cancer Screening

Inadequate screening in middle age, lack of medical record documentation highlighted

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An Unhealthy Diet Feeds Into Clonal Hematopoiesis

Can diet mitigate the CVD risk of this age-related genetic phenomenon?

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Are All Types of Fractures Predictive of Osteoporosis?

Researchers investigate both traumatic, non-traumatic types

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With Supplements, ADT in Prostate Cancer of Little Threat to Bone Density

Study suggests calcium/vitamin D alone sufficient for long-duration therapy

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How Long Do Deep Brain Stimulation Benefits Last?

Parkinson's patients saw continued improvement in motor symptoms, quality of life

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Cognitive Clock Predicts Brain Health

Brain age forecasts outcomes better than chronological age

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Simple Tool Predicts Individual Alzheimer's Risk

Blood and quick cognitive tests boost accuracy to 90%

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High Frequency Spinal Stimulation Succeeds in Diabetic Neuropathy

Pain relief was significant and durable in SENZA-PDN trial

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Two-Agent Osteoporosis Treatment Boosts BMD

3D DXA images shows separate assessments of trabecular and cortical bone in ACTIVExtend trial

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COVID-19 in Diabetes: What Mediates Risk?

Certain clinical factors tied to higher chance of severe infection

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A Neurologist Faces His Alzheimer's Disease

"I'm in the ring with the tiger," says Daniel Gibbs

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Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19

In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness

Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway

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Renal Denervation Shows Worth in Resistant Hypertension

Catheter-based procedure gets a win in RADIANCE-HTN TRIO

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Implanted Sensor Translates Brain Signals Into Text

Brain-computer interface decodes handwriting movements from neural activity

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Blood Thinners Continue at End of Life, Despite Risks

No clear guideline for stopping anticoagulants in patients with advanced dementia

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Defining Alzheimer's: Should Cognitively Unimpaired People Be Included?

A definition that works for research is not right for the clinic, experts argue

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Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone?

DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women

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Will Telehealth Shape the Future of Pain Care?

Lessons from the pandemic may guide the way pain medicine is delivered

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COVID-19 Pain Poses Unique Challenges

Neuropathic pain may be common, especially after prolonged ICU stay

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Alzheimer's Aducanumab Redosing Study Underway

Nearly 1,400 patients whose treatment was stopped when trials were halted have enrolled

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Vaccines and Long COVID: Top NIH Leaders Weigh in at Neurology Meeting

Can research on long COVID help people with chronic fatigue?

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Blood-Based Markers Tied to Brain Cell and Memory Loss

Another step closer to clinical utility for tracking neurodegeneration

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Can an Agile Endoscopic Device Curb PPI-Dependent GERD?

GERDx device improved quality of life; not so much for esophageal acid exposure

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Safety Data Mixed for Anti-VEGF Eye Drugs

Continued concern over systemic effects in high-risk patients

New Side Effect From mRNA COVID Vaccines?

Surprise finding in Israeli case series

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New Anti-PD1 Drugs Boost Survival in Treated Lung Cancer

Questions about generalizability of results with China-developed therapies

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USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Still on Shaky Ground

Not enough evidence for an ideal level of vitamin D

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Common Antibiotics Spell Trouble in Existing Aortopathy

More data to support the elevated risk posed by fluoroquinolones to the aortic wall

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More Benefit With Taxane for Aggressive Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Higher clinical benefit rate with front-line cabazitaxel versus androgen receptor inhibitor

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Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Not All the Same

Histology tied to treatment response, outcomes

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Are People on Dialysis Especially Wary of the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Some patients said they believed it was better to get a natural infection versus a vaccine

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Mixed Results for Immunotherapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Combination trial missed response endpoint but exceeded historical results

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AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAP

Sleep apnea specialists dumbfounded at critique of "gold standard" treatment

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Pegloticase Safe for Dialysis Patients With Gout

Significant drop in monthly ESA dose seen after treatment, too

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CKD Care Took a Back Seat During Pandemic

Telehealth couldn't make up for lack of in-person healthcare visits

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Comfort Care on the Rise in Acute Stroke

Trends show steep drop in death in-hospital with palliative interventions

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Chronic Sinusitis May Affect Neural Function

Study supports inflammation as link between sinonasal inflammation, cognitive deficits

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New ADHD Drug OK'd; Pimavanserin Rejected for Dementia Psychosis

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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