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Intensive blood pressure-lowering strategies reduced recurrent stroke as well as major cardiovascular events in patients after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, according to a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Neurology. There were approximately 16 fewer recurrent strokes among each 1,000 patients who received treatment within 1 year, and absolute reductions increased as follow-up

For individuals with coexisting atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease, non-vitamin K anticoagulants may be associated with slower cognitive decline in addition to better safety outcomes, according to a longitudinal study. Data published in European Heart Journal showed significantly slower cognitive declines among users of more modern non-vitamin K anticoagulants (NOACs) compared with users

The paternal use of valproate, an antiseizure medication, is not associated with neurodevelopmental disorders or congenital malformations in offspring, according to data published in Neurology

Patients with generalized myasthenia gravis taking inebilizumab were less likely to experience exacerbations or need rescue therapy compared with a placebo group, according to research published in JAMA Neurology

Prenatal fluoride exposure in public drinking water at levels below WHO and EPA maximums is nonlinearly associated with lower fluid cognition scores in children, according to data published in the American Journal of Epidemiology

Rates of substance use fell among adolescents and young adults across most substances between 2021 and 2025, even as marijuana use increased among

New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society are meant to help clinicians provide preventive treatments

Atrophy in specific areas of the brain may be able to predict the timing of dementia progression in patients with mild cognitive impairment related to early-onset Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in Neurology

At least 24.5% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy at death, according to research published in The BMJ

After 338 former NFL players donated their brains to a pair of brain banks upon their deaths between 2008 and 2021, researchers found that 315 of them, or 93.2%, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study.