Neurology

Replacing butter, margarine, mayonnaise, dairy fat with olive oil linked to reductions in total, cause-specific mortality

Authors say validated psychophysical tests can better identify true burden of chemosensory dysfunction

Combination improved pain management for teens undergoing spinal fusion for scoliosis

Mindfulness practices combined with active rather than sham transcranial direct-current stimulation showed greater benefit

Updates include recommendation to screen for prediabetes and diabetes in all people starting at age 35 years

Announcement comes shortly after Aduhelm maker Biogen cut the price of the drug by about half, from $56,000 to $28,000 a year

Headache-related impairment did not improve, but headache frequency reduced and psychological functioning improved

Vitamin D supplementation had no obvious effect on attack duration or headache severity

Further study needed to determine long-term efficacy and safety and optimize patient selection

Court also hearing arguments on separate vaccine mandate for most heath care workers