Social Vulnerability Index Linked to Risk for Alzheimer Disease
Individuals in areas with higher SVI had increased risk for incident AD and faster rate of cognitive decline
Brain Implant Lets Woman Talk After 18 Years of Silence Due to Stroke
Persistently High Stroke Risk Seen After TIA, Minor Stroke
Cumulative incidence of stroke was 12.5 percent at five years, 19.8 percent at 10 years
Sleep Deficiency Linked to Atrophy of the Inferior Parietal Region of the Brain
Associations seen between less short wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep with smaller inferior parietal region volumes
Utah Becomes First State to Ban Community Water Fluoridation
Experts say move could negatively impact oral health, especially among children and low-income communities
Updated AAN Position Statement Issued on Seizures, Driving Licensure
Licensing criteria should be equitable, nondiscriminatory, objective, and compatible with similar risks in other populations
Combination Lipid-Lowering Therapy Linked to Greater Drop in LDL-C
Greater reduction seen in LDL-C; reductions also seen in all-cause mortality, major adverse CV events, stroke incidence
Study Looks at Recovery Potential in Comatose Patients Who Died After Halting Life-Sustaining Therapy
Most patients who died after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy were considered to have recovery potential of at least 1 percent
Use of Parallel Transmit 7T MRI Changes Management for Epilepsy Surgery
Lesions were better visualized on pTx than circularly polarized MRI in 57 percent of cases and were never better visualized on circularly polarized MRI
Long-Term Gantenerumab May Slow Decline in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Disease
Hazard ratio for clinical decline in Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes was 0.53 for those treated with gantenerumab the longest
