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Risperidone raises stroke risk in all patients, research finds, challenging the idea that any group can take the drug without added danger. The study of more than 165,000 people with dementia found risperidone increased stroke risk even in patients with no prior heart disease or stroke. Risperidone is a strong antipsychotic often prescribed for severe [...]
Two proteins on motor neurons in the brain may drive the progression of Parkinson's, new research suggests. Parkinson's is a neurodegenerative condition in which neurons slowly die. A misfolded protein called α-synuclein builds up and spreads between cells, damaging brain tissue. A new study points to two membrane proteins, mGluR4 and NPDC1, as major players [...]
By Lydia Storr-Meddings Being Chief Operating Officer at Cognivate, a community-based neurorehabilitation team, means I sit behind the scenes of client care. Rather than focusing on delivering therapy, it’s about ensuring the right people, resources, and systems are in place to make rehabilitation possible. My work spans quotes, invoicing, therapist capacity, marketing, financial oversight, and [...]
NICE has recommended natalizumab, sold as Tysabri and Tyruko, as an option for certain people with hard-to-control multiple sclerosis. The decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will allow NHS coverage of the drug in England, with decisions also influencing NHS coverage in other parts of the UK. The guidance specifically recommends [...]
Researchers validated a wireless EEG method to measure neuroplasticity, offering a non-invasive way to track how the brain responds to new treatments. The approach could provide an objective readout of brain response to therapies for psychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to reorganise its connections after experience, injury or disease, for example [...]
Thousands of people in the UK are at risk death or severe disability due to a lack of NHS stroke specialists, senior doctors have warned. A chronic shortage of stroke consultants means patients face delays to clot-busting drugs and surgery, with horrendous consequences, they said. Prof David Werring, past president of the British and Irish [...]
An inquest into the death of a baby who suffered a serious brain injury at a Norfolk hospital is scheduled for January. Luan Macauley Hart died shortly after his birth on 18 May last year at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn. At an inquest opening at Norfolk Coroner's Court, the provisional medical [...]
People with high psychopathic traits face a 9.3 times higher schizophrenia risk than those with low traits, research suggests. The study also found that individuals classified as psychopathic were 2.37 times more likely to develop the condition than their non-psychopathic peers. Psychopathic traits are personality features involving shallow emotion, reduced empathy and limited remorse for [...]
An MS biomarker linked to disease progression could flag patients most likely to benefit from new drugs, researchers say. The findings were validated in mice and humans and could shape how clinical trials are run for progressive forms of the disease. The study examined “compartmentalised inflammation” (immune activity contained within the brain and spinal cord [...]
New research links domestic violence to lasting brain injuries, with survivors facing memory loss and long-term cognitive problems. The study found survivors who had repeated head impacts or non-fatal strangulation (choking that reduces oxygen to the brain) were more likely to show behavioural and cognitive changes, including impaired memory, seizures and slurred speech. The findings [...]
