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Jan 22, 2025 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Among postmenopausal women, the use of short-term hormone therapy for menopause does not have any cognitive effects 10 years later, according to study results published in PLOS Medicine.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
psychiatryadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
The transition from transient to persistent or chronic pain in rheumatology is heterogenous is nature. Overlapping pain conditions — such as fibromyalgia, endometriosis, migraine, and back pain — are often co-occurring, both with one another and with rheumatic diseases.1 Rheumatology patients can present with localized and chronic widespread pain resulting from central sensitization.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
The transition from transient to persistent or chronic pain in rheumatology is heterogenous is nature. Overlapping pain conditions — such as fibromyalgia, endometriosis, migraine, and back pain — are often co-occurring, both with one another and with rheumatic diseases.1 Rheumatology patients can present with localized and chronic widespread pain resulting from central sensitization.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
neurologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Scrambler therapy — a noninvasive electroanalgesia device — effectively reduces poststroke pain and may be beneficial in the long-term treatment of pain in peripheral neuropathy, according to the findings of a small study published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Scrambler therapy has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of acute, chronic, and postoperative pain.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
neurologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is less likely after hospitalization for an ischemic stroke in women vs men. Moreover, women are more likely to not adhere to these medications. These are the findings of a study published in the journal Stroke. Although previous studies have shown sex-specific differences in medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases, limited data are available on GDMT adherence in men vs women after a stroke.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
The risk for Parkinson disease (PD) in women with any subtype or frequency of migraine is not elevated, according to study results published in Neurology. Although migraine and PD share common pathophysiologic mechanisms, little information is available on the association between migraine and risk for PD.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Outdoor nighttime light population may be associated with an increased prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD), according to study results published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Although recent reports show an increase in light pollution as well as incidence and prevalence of AD in the United States, limited information is available on the link between light exposure at night and AD. Researchers aimed to study the link between outdoor nighttime light exposure and AD prevalence in the US.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
neurologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Treatment for central nervous system (CNS) malignancies in early childhood has an adverse impact on academic readiness skills, according to the findings of a small study published in JNIC: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Although previous studies have shown an association between cancer treatment in childhood and brain development, the risk for academic difficulties in patients who received brain tumor treatment in early childhood remains unknown.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
psychiatryadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with an increased risk for a dementia diagnosis, according to study findings published in the journal Neurology. A team of researchers aimed to determine the effect of AKI, as well as its severity, type, and recurrence, on risk of developing dementia.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Meghna Rao
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a risk factor for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to study results published in the journal Rheumatology. Previous research has shown that RA increases the risk for AF to approximately 1.4-fold and the risk for ischemic stroke also by approximately 1.4-fold; however, little is known about how RA affects risk for ischemic stroke in patients with AF.
