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Polygenic scores (PGS) for neuroticism and subjective well-being are significantly associated with the risk of major mood and psychotic disorders, regardless of family history, but the predictive power of PGS for psychiatric illness is limited when family history is known, reports a study.

When added to chemotherapy, disulfiram and copper do not appear to yield survival benefits in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, even leading to an increased frequency of adverse events, as shown in the results of an open-label, randomized phase II/III study.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who have undergone unilateral focused ultrasound ablation of the internal segment of globus pallidus show improved motor function or reduced dyskinesia over a period of 3 months, although the procedure comes with adverse events, according to a study.

The combination of bevacizumab and irinotecan (BEV+IRI) as second-line treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) results in better median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) when compared with historical controls, and its toxicity profile is comparable to published data, reports a study.

Children born to mothers who used acetaminophen during pregnancy do not appear to have poor cognitive development at 4 years of age, as shown in a study.