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Brain metastasis usually develops in patients with cardiac angiosarcoma (CA), and their risk of intracranial haemorrhage (IH) is high, results of a study have shown. This leads to an alarming rate of terminal haemorrhage (TH) despite normal platelet counts.

When it comes to treating children with cerebral palsy, neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) appears to produce smaller improvements in motor function compared with activity-based and body structure and function interventions, according to a study. Furthermore, NDT is no better than control, and higher-dose is not more effective than lower-dose NDT.

Treatment with a nonhallucinogenic phytocannabinoid, cannabidivarin, is well tolerated in children with Rett syndrome (RTT), according to data from a phase 1 trial. Moreover, it improves seizure control in those whose disease is caused by methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) pathogenic variants.

In the treatment of urinary incontinence, urotherapy appears to be effective in children with cerebral palsy, helping reduce symptoms although at a slower rate compared with their typically developing counterparts, according to a study.

Though auditory stimulation can effectively and remotely improve slow wave activity during sleep in older adults, its effects vary greatly between different individuals, according to a recent study.

People suffering from chronic pain find the Dreem 2, a novel headband-type wearable device, satisfactory for the measurement of sleep parameters, according to a recent study.

Babies who weigh ≥8.5 kg can safely be administered with onasemnogene abeparvovec for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, a new study has found.

Eating a small cup of cranberries daily is apparently good for the brain, enhancing memory consolidation and retrieval for everyday events as well as neural functioning in healthy older adults, as shown in a recent study.