Neurology News

Among adults younger than 60 years with low physical activity, those who had at least 8 hours per day of sedentary leisure time had elevated risk for stroke, according to findings published in Stroke.

When emergent large vessel occlusions cause strokes, women are less likely than men to receive timely care, according to a study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s Annual Meeting.

Researchers are using natural language processing, mobile apps and telehealth to develop strategies that may someday assist primary care physicians with diagnosing cognitive decline and dementia.

In patients aged 50 years and older, silent brain infarction and white matter disease were common and correlated with significant increases in risk for subsequent symptomatic stroke, according to a study published in Neurology.

HHS will award approximately $19.2 million to support “telehealth innovation and quality nationwide,” the agency said in a press release.

Researchers determined deltoid muscle strength to be the top clinical outcome measure when it comes to capturing oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy progression, according to findings published in Neurology.

Nearly half of individuals in a study about activities of daily living among more than 1,000 patients with myasthenia gravis reported disease symptoms associated with an “unsatisfactory” state, according to findings published in Neurology.

Physical activity correlated with slower cognitive decline among people with both high and low tau concentrations, according to a population-based cohort study in JAMA Network Open.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare beneficiaries presented less frequently to hospitals for acute MI and stroke compared with 2018 and 2019, according to new research published in JAMA Cardiology.

A new study identified COVID-19 as an independent risk factor for acute MI and ischemic stroke.