Neurology News

Recent cannabis users were more likely to report inadequate sleep durations than individuals who did not recently use cannabis, according to researchers. The association appeared to be stronger in heavy cannabis users.

Boston Children’s Hospital once again ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the country for pediatric neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report 2021-2022 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, according to a press release.

Progressive degeneration of the motor cortex correlated with more aggressive clinical presentations among patients with ALS, according to findings from a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter study published in Neurology.

Inflation was a popular topic in the financial media this spring and one worth addressing in our column.

Nearly one-third of nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation and advanced dementia stayed on anticoagulation in the last 6 months of life, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Charlene Gamaldo, MD, medical director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center and professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, received the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award at SLEEP 2021.

Mean sleep duration increased in 2020 by 5 to 11 minutes in nearly all groups studied, according to an analysis of Fitbit data from more than 163,000 users in six major U.S. cities “particularly hard hit” by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most practicing physicians in the United States who were surveyed reported being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with no significant differences in vaccination by gender, age or geographic location, according to the AMA.

Delaying school start times by slightly more than an hour led to fewer instances of teenagers driving while drowsy and fewer motor vehicle accidents involving younger drivers, researchers reported at SLEEP.

Patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea and no use of continuous positive airway pressure had higher rates of cardiovascular disease than patients who did use continuous positive airway pressure for any length of time.