Neurology
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Severe COVID-19 adds 20 years of cognitive aging: Study
The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”
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Premature return to play after concussion has decreased
“Delay in recovery is the major reason why it’s important not to return to learn or return to play prematurely.”
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Traumatic brain injury linked to ‘striking’ risk for CVD, diabetes, brain disorders
Mild and moderate-to-severe TBI is linked to an increased risk for hypertension, stroke, diabetes, as well as neurological and psychiatric...
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Nap length linked to cognitive changes
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How do we distinguish between viral and bacterial meningitis?
Viral meningitis is usually not associated with a decreased level of consciousness or significant decline in overall health status.
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Long-term cannabis use linked to dementia risk factors
“We saw that long-term cannabis users showed a decline in IQ from childhood to adulthood.”
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Long-term smell loss in COVID-19 tied to damage in the brain’s olfactory bulb
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Psychotropic med use tied to ‘striking’ post-COVID dementia risk
“It is possible that psychotropic medications may potentiate the neurostructural changes that have been found in the brain of those who have...
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Just one extra drink a day may change the brain
Researchers said they could tell the difference between brain images of people who never drank alcohol and those who had just one or two drinks a...
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Raise a glass to speed up the brain’s aging process
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FDA, DEA pushed to make gabapentin a controlled substance to stop ‘widespread misuse’
There is “substantial evidence of widespread misuse” of gabapentin, plausibly helped by “extraordinary levels of off-label prescribing.”