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GAO calls out HHS’ poor oversight of administrative costs of Medicaid work requirements
A report on the estimated administrative costs in Medicaid demonstration projects related to work requirements in the first five states to receive...
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Biogen plans to submit application to FDA for Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab
The company’s hopes lie with a secondary analysis of high-dose patients from two failed trials.
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Soccer pros may face increased risk of death from neurodegenerative disease
Mortality associated with neurodegenerative disease was higher, and mortality associated with other causes lower, among former pro soccer players...
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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EEG asymmetry predicts poor pediatric ECMO outcomes
ST. LOUIS – Researchers said “we need to look more closely into brain blood flow patterns” on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Next-generation sequencing can shed light on neuropathy etiology
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers also found 81 variants of unknown significance in patients, and suggested some could be...
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Primary periodic paralysis attacks reduced with long-term dichlorphenamide
AUSTIN, TEX. – The majority of paresthesia and cognition-related adverse events were mild or moderate with few participants discontinuing the...
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Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease describe wide range of care
AUSTIN – An interim analysis examines the use of physical therapy, surgery, medications, orthoses, and walking aids in more than 400 adults with...
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Researchers identify common reasons for misdiagnosis of ALS
AUSTIN – Particular clinical presentations and cognitive biases are associated with misdiagnosis of patients who...
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Which patients are most likely to have a positive RNS test for myasthenia gravis?
AUSTIN, TEX. – The diagnostic yield of the test may be highest in patients with MGFA Class III or higher who are...
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Study examines utility of repeat outpatient electrodiagnostic testing
AUSTIN, TEX. – Repeat testing for the same indication may not change symptom or disease management in about one-third of cases, a preliminary...