Neurology News

Older patients taking psychotropic medication were about three times more likely to develop dementia following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, researchers reported in Frontiers in Medicine.

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association have published a joint recommendation statement for the use of endovascular therapy and thrombolysis following stroke in patients with premorbid dementia or disability.

Older adults who nap for more than an hour a day had a 40% higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who napped less than an hour a day, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

DENVER — Mental health disability identity relies on factors such as health prioritization, willingness for disclosure and need for integration, a speaker said at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

The combination of MDMA and psychotherapy improved PTSD symptoms among participants in a phase 3 clinical trial, researchers reported at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Strokes were reported to be a rare adverse event following the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study in Neurology.

Pear Therapeutics reported new data that reinforce the effectiveness of Somryst, its prescription digital therapeutic for chronic insomnia in adults.

Older adults had a 16% lower risk for developing parkinsonism after taking statins for 6 years compared with those not on statins, a report published in Neurology showed.

Incidence rates for Bell’s palsy, encephalomyelitis and Guillain- Barré syndrome were higher in unvaccinated people with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with those vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers reported in BMJ.

CDC data show heart disease and stroke deaths increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic due to factors other than an aging population, reversing prior trends and widening race disparities.