The conference featured presentations that emphasized basic, clinical and translational medicine and provided insight into the prevention, management and treatment of stroke.
Medicare will only cover Aduhelm for patients in clinical trials
Apr 08, 2022
The decision is meant to protect patients while gathering more clinical data on whether the medication actually helps slow declines in thinking.
Small changes in bone mineral density can reduce hip fracture risk
Sep 08, 2023
Small improvements in femoral neck BMD coincided with a significant reduction in the incidence of hip fracture in men and women.
Second omicron case reported in man who traveled to NYC anime convention
Dec 02, 2021
The man developed mild symptoms on Nov. 22, sought testing on Nov. 24 and has since recovered.
Muscle adiposity tied to cognitive decline
Jun 09, 2023
A five-year increase in fat stored in the thigh muscle was tied to cognitive decline in older men and women.
Deaths up in 2020, even when accounting for COVID-19
Jul 27, 2021
Men aged 15 to 64 years were particularly hard-hit by excess deaths, while children were spared.
COVID-19 mortality burden high among those 25 to 64 years
Sep 28, 2021
The Black and Hispanic communities had the greatest losses, especially among men aged 65 years and older.
FDA approves first drug meant to ease Alzheimer’s disease-llnked agitation
May 11, 2023
Patients who received 2 or 3 mg of Rexulti had significant improvements in agitation scores compared with patients taking a placebo.
Some COVID-19 patients have persistent smell, taste dysfunction
Aug 05, 2022
Women are less likely than men to recover their sense of smell, as are those with greater initial severity of dysfunction.
SARS-CoV-2 infection linked to increased risk for diabetes
Apr 18, 2023
The fraction of incident diabetes cases attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection was 3.41% overall and 4.75% among men.