Diabetes drug appears to help prevent dementia
New research shows that patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who received treatment with the diabetes drug pioglitazone were less likely to go on to develop dementia… read more.
New research shows that patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who received treatment with the diabetes drug pioglitazone were less likely to go on to develop dementia… read more.
Difelikefalin, a drug used to treat itching associated with chronic kidney disease in adults undergoing hemodialysis, shows efficacy for treating notalgia paresthetica, a nerve disorder causing persistent itch… read more.
Parents: It might be time to rethink your family’s video-gaming rules. New research findings challenge the fears parents have been hearing for years that children who spend hour… read more.
Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published PLOS ONE by scientists at McGill University, Canada. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is… read more.
Migraine is a major cause of disability, affecting about 12% of people. A 2-part series published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) on diagnosing and managing the condition with both… read more.
In patients with Huntington’s disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients’ loss of… read more.
Use of a modified Atkins diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates plus standard medication appears to reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, researchers reported on… read more.
Six minutes of high-intensity exercise could extend the lifespan of a healthy brain and delay the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. New… read more.
The INCOG 2.0 guidelines for cognitive rehabilitation reflect the “rapid pivot to telehealth-assisted rehabilitation” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and new tools to aid in translating… read more.
An international team of researchers including Sofya Kulikova, Senior Research Fellow at the HSE University-Perm, found that ketamine, being an NMDA receptor inhibitor, increases the brain’s background noise, causing higher… read more.
While cluster headache is more common in men than in women, a new study suggests that the disorder may be more severe for women. The study is published… read more.
Statin users appear to have a lower risk of suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage, or stroke, caused by bleeding in the brain. Researchers reported this finding on Dec. 7,… read more.
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