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How well people function has a lot to do with the amount of sleep they get, and a recent study reports that clocking 7 hours of sleep regularly is most favourable for brain performance.
Adults with healthy sleep habits saw their risk of heart failure (HF) reduced by almost half compared with those with unhealthy sleep patterns, according to data from the UK Biobank.
Oral prednisone was effective in reducing the frequency of episodic cluster headache attacks in the short term, according to the PredCH* study.
Intravenous eptinezumab has demonstrated early and sustained migraine-preventive effects with a favourable safety profile in adult patients with episodic migraine, according to the 1-year results of the phase III PROMISE-1* study.
Initiating statin therapy immediately after onset of large vessel occlusion in acute ischaemic stroke patients proves beneficial, leading to better functional outcome and lower mortality at 90 days, according to data from the RESCUE*‐Japan Registry 2.
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is effective in reducing pain, but only up to a certain plasma concentration, beyond which it appears to magnify pain, according to a new study.
Fenfluramine appears to reduce the incidence of seizure by half over about a year of treatment in children and adolescents with Dravet syndrome while having a tolerable safety profile, according to a study.