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Deep Brain Stimulation: The Answer to Chronic Pain?

By

Nicola Davies, PhD

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Dr Nicola Davies discusses the potential of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain.

Uncontrolled Hypertension May Contribute to Cognitive Deficits Over Time

By

Brandon May

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Study researchers evaluated whether hypertension and prehypertension could predict greater decline in cognitive performance.

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Benefited Patients With Severe Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date January 15, 2021

With little being known about the predictors or moderators of dTMS outcome for OCD, this study sought to examine if several theoretically relevant variables may predict and moderate treatment effects including OCD symptom severity, functional impairment, co-occurring depressive symptoms, age, gender, age of OCD onset, and family history of OCD.

FDA Clears Rapid Blood Test for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

By

Brian Park, PharmD

Publish Date January 15, 2021

The test measures glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1, biomarkers present in blood plasma at elevated concentrations after a brain injury.

Vitamins E, C Inversely Linked to Risk for Parkinson Disease

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Dietary vitamin E and vitamin C intake may be inversely associated with Parkinson disease risk.

Actigraphy Sleep Patterns Predict Cognitive Changes, Middle-Aged Hispanic/Latino Population

By

Brandon May

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Longer sleep-onset latency, as monitored by wrist actigraphy, predicts long-term declines in global cognitive function, verbal learning, and memory in Hispanic/Latino adults.

Optic Nerve Data Helps Boost Diagnostic Performance Among Patients With MS

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Investigators evaluated the added value of incorporating data on the optic nerve region to current diagnostic criteria for patients with multiple sclerosis.

Treatment Improves Chronic Pain Outcomes Associated With Poor Sleep

By

Lauren Biscaldi

Publish Date January 14, 2021

A systematic scoping review examines the literature about the influence of sleep disorders and disturbance on pain outcomes among US veterans with chronic nonmalignant pain.

SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Among Close Contacts

By

Bradley van Paridon

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Intensive health surveillance of close contracts of patients with COVID-19 provided a rare opportunity to determine asymptomatic attack rates and SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk factors.

Mindfulness Training Does Not Reduce Migraine Frequency More Than Headache Education

Publish Date January 14, 2021

Mindfulness-based stress reduction does not improve migraine frequency more than headache education.