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Timing of Physical Activity Affects Its Benefit for Restless Legs Syndrome in Multiple Sclerosis
September 2nd 2022Evening physical activity was associated with lower restless legs syndrome severity, while more time spent in the morning on physical activity, specifically light physical activity, was associated with worse sleep quality.
Behavioral Impairments More Commonly Found in SOD1 ALS Than Cognitive Impairments
September 2nd 2022Using Strong et al’s classification criteria, the percentage of SOD1+ and SOD1- patients with altered cognitive and/or behavioral profiles were similar; however, cognitive and behavioral impairment differentiated between groups.
Combination of PTSD and Insomnia Elevates Risk for Major Cardiovascular Events
August 31st 2022Even after adjusting for multiple confounding variables including recognized factors associated with cardiovascular diseases, PTSD plus insomnia remained an independent factor of major adverse cardiovascular events.
Causative and Unknown Etiology MRI Abnormalities Both Common in Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy
August 30th 2022Younger patients were more likely to have epilepsy-related imaging abnormalities, while older patients were more likely to have incidental abnormalities or those with an unknown relationship to epilepsy.
Early Tobacco Use in Children Leads to Poorer Cognitive Performance, Reduced Brain Structure
August 29th 2022Those who had used tobacco at any time demonstrated multiple significantly lower whole-brain measures than nonusers, including total cortical surface area, cortical volume, and total intracranial volume.
Zoom Stroke Solution Shows Continued Efficacy in Treating Distal Occlusions of Ischemic Stroke
August 27th 2022For patients with MCA M2 occlusions, use of the Zoom Stroke Solution resulted in significant decreases in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores and no reported perforations or other reperfusion–catheter-related complications.
Turning Back the Clock: Pediatric Sleep Disorders and the Start of School
August 26th 2022The transition period between summer and school represents a key time for children and adolescents to focus on sleep, correct poor sleep habits, and set themselves up for long-term success, both academically and physically.
Baseline Oximetry Patterns Show No Specific Association With Incident Cardiovascular Disease
August 25th 2022Investigators concluded there were no viable candidates for CVD risk phenotyping in sleep clinics because there were no strong links between any individual or type of oximetry pattern and incident cardiovascular disease.
Remote Ischemic Conditioning Improves Likelihood of Excellent Outcomes in Post Stroke
August 25th 2022Treatment with remote ischemic conditioning performed twice daily for 2 weeks as an adjunct to guideline-based treatment resulted in higher odds of modified Rankin Scale scores between 0 and 1, and 0 and 2.
Synaptic Loss, Increases in SIGMAR1 Expression Present in Pathology of Early Alzheimer Disease
August 24th 2022The publication’s findings were consistent with previous scientific literature suggestive that Alzheimer disease is a multifactorial disease, where several pathways interlink and cause cognitive impairments.
High Opiate Prescription Rates Shown Among Women With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
August 23rd 2022The findings suggests that existing migraine preventative medications are commonly prescribed in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, the most common of which were acetazolamide and topiramate.
Chronic Kidney Disease Associated With Increased Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
August 19th 2022Mendelian randomization analyses identified a significant association between genetically determined chronic kidney disease and intracerebral hemorrhage risk, supporting a causal association between the 2 conditions.