April 1, 2020
(The New York Times) – Dr. James T. Goodrich, a pediatric neurosurgeon known for successfully separating conjoined twins in a complicated and rare procedure, died on Monday at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. … Read More
April 1, 2020
(The New York Times) – Neurologists around the world say that a small subset of patients with Covid-19 are developing serious impairments of the brain. Although fever, cough and difficulty breathing are the typical hallmarks of infection with the new … Read More
March 31, 2020
(The Guardian) – Reading minds has just come a step closer to reality: scientists have developed artificial intelligence that can turn brain activity into text. While the system currently works on neural patterns detected while someone is speaking aloud, experts … Read More
March 27, 2020
(The New York Times) – While the disease itself does not necessarily place patients at high risk for contracting the virus, they and their caregivers face a range of special challenges. Dementia patients are typically very sensitive to changes in … Read More
March 26, 2020
(UPI) – Most legal marijuana products may be too strong for pain relief, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE. Despite research showing the benefits of marijuana for pain management, the analysis suggests that more than … Read More
February 25, 2020
(Kaiser Health News) – A leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said it could neither recommend nor … Read More
February 19, 2020
(The Guardian) – A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city’s overdose crisis. The MySafe project, which resembles a cash machine, gives addicts access to a prescribed … Read More
February 14, 2020
(Vox) – In fact, drugs we ingest today for more prosaic purposes, like serotonin boosters used as antidepressants, are already shaping our relationships through their effects on our brains and bodies. You probably know about the risk of a dampened … Read More
February 14, 2020
(The Washington Post) – The use of Adderall, a drug often prescribed by doctors to treat patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or other substances that help people focus like Vyvanse and Ritalin, have long been associated with students … Read More
February 13, 2020
(The New York Times) – Dr. Scott Hadland, a pediatrician and addiction specialist at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction, recently published a study of stimulant marketing, finding that “pediatricians are the targets of an immense amount of marketing,” … Read More
