Neurology
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Neurologic symptoms and COVID-19: What’s known, what isn’t
COVID-19 symptoms may include encephalopathy, ataxia, and other neurologic signs.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAN urges feds to further expand telehealth benefits
According to the AAN, the easing of restrictions on telehealth should be extended beyond Medicare fee-for-service to both Medicare Advantage and...
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New ASAM guideline released amid COVID-19 concerns
During the COVID-19 pandemic, “it is especially important” for clinicians to ensure that individuals with OUD continue to receive evidence-based...
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ICH survival lags in the community setting
LOS ANGELES – An observed 6-month mortality of 64% in a Dutch study contrasts with better survival in interventional trials.
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Get With the Guidelines – Stroke targets ICH
A 17-year old U.S. program for quality improvement of ischemic stroke care will start to include ICH patients.
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CDC: Opioid prescribing and use rates down since 2010
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Zika virus: Birth defects rose fourfold in U.S. hardest-hit areas
U.S. jurisdictions without local transmission of the virus saw no increase in infants born with brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly or with...
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FDA advisers set high bar for new opioids
Two days of FDA discussion over three new opioids seeking U.S. approval highlighted the barriers these drugs now face.
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Treating pain with virtual reality
It offers more than just distraction.
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Experts call to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act
A neurologist and her colleagues propose changes with the goal of clarifying and harmonizing procedures for determining death by neurologic...