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Practicing physicians might not understand their legal responsibilities when caring for people with disability

Doctors Unclear on Legal Obligations in Caring for Patients With Disability

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Doctors report having little formal training, have incorrect understanding of care for patients with disability
Awake endoscopic minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion performed without general anesthesia is safe and seems effective for lumbar fusion

Awake Endoscopic Spinal Fusion Appears to Be Safe, Effective

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Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion without general anesthesia is safe
Mavenclad (cladribine) tablets were approved to treat adult patients with relapsing-remitting and active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) who have inadequately responded to or cannot tolerate an alternate drug for MS

FDA Approves Mavenclad for Treating Multiple Sclerosis

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Treatment indicated for patients with relapsing-remitting, active secondary progressive MS
Having a shorter reproductive span is associated with an increased risk for dementia in women

Shorter Reproductive Span May Up Risk for Dementia in Women

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Dementia risk increased for menarche age ≥16 versus 13.0 years, natural menopause at <47.4 years
Therapeutic ball pits in physical therapy clinics may pose an infection hazard

Therapeutic Ball Pits Found to Harbor Pathogenic Germs

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Ball pits show wide variability in microbial colonization of infection-causing microorganisms
A higher prenatal omega-6:omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio in cord plasma is associated with a higher attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder index score for the child at age 7 years

High Prenatal Omega-6:Omega-3 Ratio Linked to ADHD at Age 7

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Higher prenatal n-6:n-3 ratio in cord plasma linked to a higher ADHD score at age 7 years, but not at age 4
There are many unanswered questions about the safety and effectiveness of a drug used to combat hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson disease patients

Questions Remain About Safety of Parkinson Disease Psychosis Drug

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Federal government has received high number of reports about deaths among patients taking Nuplazid
The incidence and point prevalence of visual problems in acute stroke survivors are very high

High Rates of Visual Problems Seen in Stroke Survivors

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Three-quarters have visual problems, including impaired central vision, eye movement abnormalities
Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

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Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
Nonsurgical brain stimulation techniques seem effective for acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults

Nonsurgical Brain Stimulation Beneficial in Major Depressive Episodes

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Ten of 18 reviewed treatment strategies linked to higher response versus sham therapy