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American Academy of Neurology, May 4-10

The 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology was held from May...
Incremental physical activity

Light, Incremental Physical Activity Can Help Reduce Brain Aging

Each additional hour spent in light-intensity physical activity equivalent to about 1.1 years less brain aging
Music listening interventions appear to be a promising approach to improving cognitive recovery following a stroke

Mindful Music Listening Aids Cognitive Recovery After Stroke

Mindful music listening feasible, acceptable, may be effective after stroke
One-quarter of parents with children younger than age 8 years are concerned about their child's ability to communicate

U.S. Parents Worried About Child’s Communication Skills

Speech development, language concerns, and hearing issues most common concerns
The risk for Parkinson disease is increased after appendectomy

DDW: Parkinson Disease Risk Up After Appendectomy

Risk greater for those aged 18 years and up, Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians
A standardized set of outcome measures

Standard Outcome Measures Developed for Pediatric Facial Palsy

Standard measures allow for recording outcomes of facial palsy treatments among pediatric patients
Patients find note reading important for their health management and are rarely troubled by what they read

Patients Find Note Reading Important for Health Management

Few patients very confused or more worried after reading clinicians' outpatient visit notes
Physicians are aware of patients' difficulty with affording medical care and consider out-of-pocket costs in their decision making

Doctors Aware of Patient Difficulties Affording Medical Care

Three-quarters of doctors surveyed say they consider out-of-pocket costs when making clinical decisions
Isradipine does not appear to slow progression of disability in patients with de novo Parkinson disease

AAN: Isradipine Offers No Benefit in Parkinson Disease

No significant treatment effect seen in UPDRS Part I to III score measured in the ON state
Implementation of prehospital traumatic brain injury (TBI) guidelines is associated with improvement in survival to hospital discharge for patients with severe TBI

Prehospital Tx Guidelines May Improve Outcomes in Severe TBI

Survival to hospital discharge did not improve overall, but improvement seen for severe injury cohort