Neurology News

Male physicians have a greater net worth than female physicians on average, according to a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Third-year female medical students reported decreased confidence in speaking up about medical errors compared with their male counterparts, according to a presentation at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Vascular brain injury and cognitive reserve markers were independently associated with cognition, such that higher cognitive reserve did not reduce the adverse effects of covert vascular brain injury.

Among health care workers, women experienced greater work-family and family-work conflicts than men during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data presented at the virtual Women in Medicine Summit.

An organization is helping physicians fight online harassment and false information regarding COVID-19, a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit said.

Researchers observed a continuous decrease in the time to MS diagnosis and treatment initiation across diagnostic criteria periods during the past 25 years, according to results of a retrospective study published in Neurology.

A new clinical trial is underway to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training to reduce blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health in adults with obstructive sleep apnea.

As the cardiovascular profiles of women deteriorate after menopause, they may see a greater risk for dementia, according to a study presented during the North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting.

Patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases are tested for COVID-19 at a 20% higher rate than the general population, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Men accounted for a substantially larger proportion of verified physician Twitter accounts and had more than three times as many followers as women with verified physician accounts, according to recent data.