Study: Some COVID Survivors 'Sicker Than They Feel'

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Amidst countless reports indicating that many people feel extremely debilitated from "long COVID" after surviving the infection, now comes a study indicating that some patients have the opposite experience...

Major TBI Tied to Dementia; ALS Drug Shows Promise in Japan; Selma Blair's MS

(MedPage Today) -- Major traumatic brain injury was tied to incident dementia, a longitudinal study in Finland showed. (Neurology) Neutrophil activation as part of an acute inflammatory pain response may protect against chronic pain. (Science...

Renal Denervation Responders Hint at Good Clinical Outcomes

(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- The concept of time in target range (TTR) provided a stronger case for renal denervation as an adjunctive treatment to reduce blood pressure (BP) in people not responding to antihypertensives, according to studies...

Alzheimer's, Cognitive Impairment Linked With Choroid Plexus Volume

(MedPage Today) -- Increased volume of the choroid plexus, which produces and secretes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), was tied to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, a retrospective study showed. Among 532 adults with cognitive symptoms...

FDA Rejects Cheap Antidepressant to Treat Early COVID

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA rejected an emergency use authorization (EUA) application for the use of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluvoxamine to treat COVID-19 on Monday. In a brief summary of their decision, attached to their detailed...

Could Data Find PAH Before Doctors Do?

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients' utilization data suggested a new approach to identifying those who may have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) earlier than is possible with current methods, a researcher said here. A machine...

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