September 18, 2020
(Bloomberg) – AstraZeneca Plc, the drugmaker working with the University of Oxford on a Covid-19 vaccine, contradicted a report that a volunteer in U.K. tests of the shot developed a rare nerve disease that might have signaled severe safety problems. … Read More
September 15, 2020
(Nature) – In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors struggled to keep patients breathing, and focused mainly on treating damage to the lungs and circulatory system. But even then, evidence for neurological effects was accumulating. Some people hospitalized … Read More
September 14, 2020
(Wall Street Journal) – Ms. Storino is among 88 patients in a three-month pilot study in the inpatient neurology department at Northwestern. Participants were offered 30- to 40-minute live music sessions over FaceTime by a viola player. The goal of … Read More
September 3, 2020
(UPI) – More than 80% of all drug overdose deaths reported across the country in the first half of 2019 involved opioids, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All of the 10 … Read More
September 2, 2020
(Scientific American) – Last week Elon Musk’s brain tech start-up Neuralink unveiled the latest version of its neural implant technology. In characteristic Musk style, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla announced the news during a widely hyped livestreamed event … Read More
August 31, 2020
(MedPage Today) – We neurologists never understand why brain death gets attacked. For years, we’ve pointed to inconsistencies in how it’s diagnosed, and we keep hoping that a uniform standard will restore public confidence. The World Brain Death Project (WBDP) … Read More
August 28, 2020
(The Guardian) – At a press conference this week announcing the latest deaths, those calls grew louder. Flanked by the province’s top doctor and its chief coroner, longtime harm reduction advocate Guy Felicella pleaded for the government to create a … Read More
August 27, 2020
(Kaiser Health News) – After the removal, it typically takes hours, maybe a day, for the patient to return to consciousness. The body needs that time to clear the drugs that keep the patient sedated and comfortable — able to … Read More
August 27, 2020
(U.S. News & World Report) – Even if they appear unresponsive, dying people may still be able to hear. That’s the takeaway from a Canadian analysis of hospice patients in Vancouver. Researchers compared electroencephalography (EEG) data — a measure of … Read More
August 26, 2020
(The Verge) – Elon Musk has said that his secretive neurotech firm Neuralink will demonstrate a working “device,” presumably a brain-machine interface, at 6PM ET on Friday. Musk has spoken repeatedly about his belief that BMI devices are needed to … Read More
