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The mouth a gateway to stroke risk reduction?

16 Feb 2022 by

In individuals who had a recent stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), a trip to the dentist might just spare them from a recurrence, findings from the PREMIERS* study suggest.

16 Feb 2022

Stroke may occur before/after central retinal artery occlusion

15 Feb 2022

A 2.2-percent risk of symptomatic ischaemic stroke has been observed 15 days before and after a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), suggests a recent study, noting that such risk is slightly lower than that for most studies from tertiary centres.

15 Feb 2022

SSRIs may protect against noncardioembolic ischaemic stroke

09 Feb 2022

Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) poses no risk of noncardioembolic ischaemic stroke and is even protective when compared with other antidepressants, according to a recent study.

09 Feb 2022

Is coffee protective against AD?

07 Feb 2022 by

Habitual consumption of coffee may be protective against Alzheimer’s disease (AD), suggests a longitudinal study from Australia.

07 Feb 2022

Early multimorbidity associated with dementia

05 Feb 2022 by

A prospective cohort study of over 10,000 participants followed up for more than 30 years finds a robust association between midlife-onset multimorbidity and subsequent dementia.

05 Feb 2022

Aerobic dance training maintains cognition in older people with CSVD

05 Feb 2022 by

A rater-blind randomized trial conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and BrainNow Research Institute in Shenzhen, China, has found that regular aerobic exercise led to pulse and blood pressure (BP) reductions as well as maintenance of global cognition in older people with moderate to severe subclinical cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).

05 Feb 2022

Noninvasive brain stimulation promising for managing brachial plexus injury pain

04 Feb 2022

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct-current stimulation can effectively treat neuropathic pain after brachial plexus injury without aggravating pain and anxiety state, a recent study has found.

04 Feb 2022

Erenumab effective for migraine regardless of aura status

28 Jan 2022 by

In a post hoc analysis, use of the anti-CGRP* receptor monoclonal antibody erenumab led to reduced migraine frequency and AMSM** days in individuals with migraine with and without a history of aura.

28 Jan 2022

Epstein-Barr virus may be the initial trigger for MS

20 Jan 2022 by

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may be the first trigger for the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in most cases, says an expert.

20 Jan 2022

Depression, antiseizure medication side effects take toll on epileptic patients’ quality of life

17 Jan 2022 by

Among patients with epilepsy, quality of life (QOL) declines with antiseizure medication (ASM) polytherapy, and this effect is mediated by depression and the side effects of ASMs, as reported in a study.

17 Jan 2022