Cerebrovascular Risk Factors May Up Risk for Parkinson Disease
Most cerebrovascular risk factors linked to higher risk for subsequent diagnosis of Parkinson disease
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Neurology
U.S. Surgeon General Warns of Marijuana’s Effect on Developing Brain
AAP has long advised young people and pregnant or breastfeeding women not to use marijuana
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High-Intensity Training Improves Walking in Stroke Survivors
High-intensity training results in better gains in walking speeds, distance than low-intensity training
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Plasma Marker May Help Detect Traumatic Brain Injury
Plasma levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein higher in those with CT−, MRI+ versus CT−, MRI− findings
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Concussion Symptom History Tied to Low Testosterone Levels
Past concussion and indicators for erectile dysfunction also linked in study of former football players
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Long-Term Night-Shift Work May Up Risk for Multiple Sclerosis
Overall, no link found between rotating night-shift work history and MS risk in two large nurse cohorts
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Guidelines Updated for Vaccination in Multiple Sclerosis
MS patients advised to follow all local vaccine standards except in case of specific contraindications
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Aerobic Exercise Programs Benefit Stroke Survivors
Mixed forms of aerobic activity and walking show greatest benefits for endurance, walking capacity
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Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Suicide, Self-Harm
Significant link persisted after excluding those with chronic conditions such as depression, insomnia
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Guidelines Developed for Reducing Suicide in Veterans
Authors examined benefits, harms of nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic approaches
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Hospitalizations With Psych Diagnosis Common in ESKD
Dialysis adults hospitalized with psychiatric diagnoses have higher risk for all-cause death
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Reduction in PTSD Symptoms Linked to Decrease in T2DM
Patients with clinically meaningful reduction in PTSD Checklist score less likely to develop type 2 diabetes
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Weight Loss Feasible Regardless of Psychiatric Meds Use
Weight loss amount similar for women taking and not taking psychiatric medications
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Prurigo Nodularis Associated With Mental Health Disorders
Odds increased for mental health disorders, HIV infection, systemic illnesses
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Mobile Stroke Unit Speeds Access to Intraarterial Thrombectomy
Prehospital management on MSU speeds access versus EMS, but difference attenuated since 2014
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Depression, Substance Use Increasing in Former Smokers
2005 to 2016 saw increase in prevalence of major depression; marijuana use increased from 2002 to 2016
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Facial Involvement in Primary Headaches Occurs Infrequently
Facial pain reported as independent or additional symptom in 291 patients of 2,912 patient data sets
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Use of Opioids + Cannabis Tied to Poorer Mental Health
Co-use associated with anxiety and depression symptoms compared with opioid use alone
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Association for Diabetes, Stroke Risk Varies by Age, Race, Sex
For under 65s, stroke risk increased for white women and men, black women, but not black men
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Exposure to Pollution May Up Risk for Psychiatric Disorders
Higher rates of bipolar disorder, major depression linked to poor air quality in U.S., Denmark cohorts
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