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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240425131321.htm) National trial safely scaled back prescribing of a powerful antipsychotic for the elderly
Apr 25th 2024, 13:13

Warning letters can safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky antipsychotic, according to a new study. Researchers used Medicare data to study the effects of the letters on hundreds of thousands of older adults with dementia. They found a significant and lasting reduction in prescribing but no signs of adverse effects on patient health.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424182453.htm) Use of acid reflux drugs linked to higher risk of migraine
Apr 24th 2024, 18:24

People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study. The acid-reducing drugs include proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole and esomeprazole, histamine H2-receptor antagonists, or H2 blockers, such as cimetidine and famotidine, and antacid supplements.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424160542.htm) After spinal cord injury, neurons wreak havoc on metabolism
Apr 24th 2024, 16:05

Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal fat tissue compounds to leak and pool in the liver and other organs, a new animal study has found.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424160539.htm) Network model unifies recency and central tendency biases
Apr 24th 2024, 16:05

Neuroscientists have revealed that recency bias in working memory naturally leads to central tendency bias, the phenomenon where people's (and animals') judgements are biased towards the average of previous observations. Their findings may hint at why the phenomenon is so ubiquitous.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424160244.htm) A flexible microdisplay can monitor brain activity in real-time during brain surgery
Apr 24th 2024, 16:02

A thin film that combines an electrode grid and LEDs can both track and produce a visual representation of the brain's activity in real-time during surgery -- a huge improvement over the current state of the art. The device is designed to provide neurosurgeons visual information about a patient's brain to monitor brain states during surgical interventions to remove brain lesions including tumors and epileptic tissue.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424111520.htm) Understaffed nursing homes in disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to overuse antipsychotics
Apr 24th 2024, 11:15

Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, especially homes that are understaffed, according to a new study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240423184751.htm) Chemical tool illuminates pathways used by dopamine, opioids and other neuronal signals
Apr 23rd 2024, 18:47

Researchers have developed a new tool to better understand how chemicals like dopamine and epinephrine interact with neurons.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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