Neurology
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Dysregulated sleep is common in children with eosinophilic esophagitis
Children with eosinophilic esophagitis often experience respiratory and motor disturbances during sleep, which appear related to dysregulated...
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Higher teen pregnancy risk in girls with ADHD
Women and girls with ADHD may be at significantly greater risk of pregnancy before age 20.
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How does alcohol intake affect dementia risk in older adults?
The association may be more consistently adverse in adults with mild cognitive impairment.
Practice Puzzler
Chronic Subjective Tinnitus
This clinical puzzle is based on Ross WG, Danielsen R. What’s the Buzz? Treatment Strategies in Chronic Subjective Tinnitus. Clinician Reviews...
Law & Medicine
Don’t Take the Fall With Head Injuries
Knowing when to order imaging to assess for a head injury can save a life—and keep you out of a courtroom.
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CDC, SAMHSA commit $1.8 billion to combat opioid crisis
Some of the funds will be used to help improve overdose monitoring.
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AAN guideline encourages vaccinations for MS patients
Unless there are specific contraindications, clinicians should advise patients to follow local vaccine standards, the guideline says.
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Fluoride exposure during pregnancy tied to lower IQ score in children
This study confirms findings in a 2017 Mexico City study.
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Midlife hypertension is associated with subsequent risk of dementia
Elevated blood pressure in midlife is associated with risk of subsequent dementia, but whether the risk is treatable is unclear.
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Asthma hospitalization in kids linked with doubled migraine incidence
PHILADELPHIA – Data from 11 million U.S. pediatric inpatients showed a doubled rate of migraine diagnoses among kids hospitalized for asthma.