Neurology
Feature
How your voice could reveal hidden disease
For some of us, when a disease begins or when our mental health declines, our voice changes.
Commentary
No, you can’t see a different doctor: We need zero tolerance of patient bias
While speech may not constitute violence in the strictest sense of the word, there is growing evidence that it can be physically harmful.
From the Journals
Does dopamine dysregulation cause schizophrenia?
“Our research confirms the scientific hypothesis that too much dopamine plays a likely causative role in psychosis,” said Dr. Daniel Weinberger....
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Strong two-way link between epilepsy and depression
The increased risks of depression following epilepsy, and vice versa, are sustained over a much more extended time period than previously shown....
Feature
Pediatric emergencies associated with unnecessary testing: AAP
Several common pediatric conditions do not require diagnostic tests.
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Confirmed: Amyloid, tau levels rise years before Alzheimer’s onset
A new study builds on previous research by examining changes in cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers over longer periods than had been done previously...
Conference Coverage
‘Modest’ benefit for lecanemab in Alzheimer’s disease, but adverse events are common
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision about possible approval of the drug in January 2023.
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Recommending exercise for migraine: Just do it
Both strength training and high-intensity aerobics beat top-line migraine medications.
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Why do women get Alzheimer’s disease more often than men? Study offers clue
Researchers zero in on a gene named USP11, found on the X chromosome.
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Children with autism show distinct brain features related to motor impairment
White matter in the brains of children with autism found to be distinct from the white matter in children with developmental coordination disorder...
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Fentanyl vaccine a potential ‘game changer’ for opioid crisis
In studies in male and female mice, the vaccine generated significant and long-lasting levels of anti-fentanyl antibodies that were highly...