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Cognitive training improves memory in older patients with mild cognitive impairment

Cognitive Training Aids Memory in People With Mild Impairment

Learned strategies can help older adults in everyday life
For patients with dementia with Lewy bodies

Adjunct Zonisamide Beneficial in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Zonisamide as an adjunct to levodopa improves parkinsonism without worsening cognitive function
Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage is increasing among pregnant women

ASA: Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rising in Pregnancy

Proportion of sSAH higher for African-American and Hispanic women, and for those aged 20 to 29 years
Many stroke patients referred to rehabilitation services do not receive these services

ASA: Many Stroke Patients Not Receiving Timely Rehab Services

Non-white patients may have reduced odds of receiving timely outpatient rehabilitation therapy
The provision of adequate nutrients and healthy eating during a child's first 1

Nutrients in Child’s First 1,000 Days Key for Neurodevelopment

Nutrition in prenatal period and first two years of life affects prenatal nutrient delivery, child development
Having a pharmacist at bedside during acute ischemic stroke is associated with significantly shorter door-to-needle times

Pharmacist Participation in Stroke Response Cuts Door➜Needle Time

Pharmacist helps reduces DTN time by median 23.5 min; ups percent of patients meeting ≤60 min goal
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
Onabotulinum toxin-A injections can improve sleep bruxism

Onabotulinum Toxin-A Can Safely Improve Sleep Bruxism

Improved clinical global impression and change in visual analog scale, pain at 4 to 8 weeks post therapy
Brain areas unaffected by auditory deprivation can predict speech outcomes after cochlear implant in children

Speech Outcomes Can Be Predicted After Cochlear Implant

Regions of brain that were unaffected by auditory deprivation provide most precise prediction results
Acute myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure have effects on the brain

Brain Is Susceptible to Acute MI, Chronic Heart Failure

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment lowers acute inflammation in heart, brain