Neurology News

Following a healthy plant-based diet, Mediterranean diet, the MIND diet or having a high recommended food score at midlife was associated with a reduced risk for dementia, according to research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Patients who reported cognitive deficits in the first month of a COVID-19 diagnosis were more likely to develop long COVID than those without perceived deficits, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

A 76-year-old man makes an appointment for an evaluation of shakiness.

SAN DIEGO — “Now more than ever,” physicians need to manage opioid use disorder with pharmacological treatment in the primary care setting, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Air quality, noise and temperature levels were all associated with decreased sleep efficiency, according to a recent study, although such associations may not be apparent to individuals.

In rheumatology, there is no shortage of conditions that are difficult to diagnose, with diseases like fibromyalgia and systemic lupus erythematosus sometimes taking years before being officially identified — leading to adverse outcomes.

In this edition, trichloroethylene may be ‘invisible’ cause of PD, ravulizumab reduces clinical deterioration in generalized myasthenia gravis and more.

An estimated one in five adults in the United States had chronic pain in 2021, with 6.9% experiencing intense pain that limited their daily activities, according to the CDC.

People with hearing loss who did not use hearing aids had an increased risk for dementia compared with those without hearing loss, data show. However, researchers found no increased risk in people with hearing loss who used aids.

After 6 months of treatment, digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia was superior to medication in improving sleep quality, but combining the two has “the potential to optimize outcomes,” according to researchers.