Interactive Checklist, Financial Incentive Improves Stroke Quality Care
The checklist included reminders for time-sensitive measures.
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Topical NSAID Gel May Relieve Migraine Pain
The topical gel may be suitable for patients who experience gastrointestinal side effects from oral NSAIDs.
High-Dose Biotin Drug Improves Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Investigational multiple sclerosis drug MD1003 delivers 300 mg/day of biotin, a huge increase the usually recommended dose of 30-100 mcg/day.
APOE ε2 Linked to Milder Alzheimer’s Pathology, Cognitive Impairment
Compared with APOE ε4, APOE ε2 seems to have an indirect effect on cognition by influencing AD pathology.
Diary App Helps Track Disease Progress in Parkinson’s Patients
The app’s data easily exports so that physicians have access to accurate, long- and short-term outcomes for patients.
Better Migraine Knowledge Needed Among Primary Care Providers
Uncertainty about when to order imaging studies, existing guidelines on migraine preventive treatments common.
Virtual Reality Offers Window Into Parkinson’s Psychosis
Common Parkinson’s hallucinations replicated using Oculus Rift headset.
Suvorexant Effective for Insomnia in Elderly Patients
30 mg of suvorexant improved PRO and PSG measures of sleep maintenance and sleep onset at the earliest time points.
Alcohol Consumption Linked to Lower MS Disability
Those who drank larger amounts of hard alcohol had the strongest association with lower EDSS.
Post-Stroke Cognitive Decline Worse with Sleep Apnea
Sleep problems are common in patients with stroke and may contribute to declines in cognitive performance.
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