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• Deep Brain Stimulation Compared With Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity: A Decision Analysis Study
A less invasive option for treating morbid obesity could have massive implications for improving health.
• Mental Health of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disability
This review explores the possible connections between autism spectrum disorder and mental health disorders.
• Proteomic Analysis of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Learn how proteomics is being applied to neurodegenerative diseases in order to characterize the relationship existing between these diseases, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress.
• Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Morbidity and Mortality for Different Stroke Types -- a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
What level of alcohol use is considered safe, and at what point could someone be putting themselves at risk for a stoke? This study explores the issue.
• Effects of Acute Exercise on Sensory and Executive Processing Tasks
Can exercise improve mental processing?
• Methamphetamine Abuse May Raise Risk for Parkinson's Disease
A preliminary study suggests greater than 2-fold increased risk in regular users; researchers caution more study is needed.
• FDA Approves Sublingual Film Formulation of Buprenorphine/Naloxone
Previously only available in sublingual tablet form, buprenorphine/naloxone in the form of a sublingual film will become available in starting in October 2010.
• Infantile Spasms Working Group Releases New Guidelines
The recommendations add vigabatrin as first-line therapy and continue to support adrenocorticotropic hormone.
• Antidepressants and Improved Cognitive Function After Stroke
In this Medscape Neurology Minute, Dr. Jacobs discusses the effects of escitalopram on cognitive outcome for patients who have a stroke.
• A Rich Cognitive Life "Squares the Curve" of Decline Leading to Dementia
A new study suggests stimulating mental activity compresses the course of cognitive decline in older people by slowing it before onset of dementia but producing a more precipitous drop afterward.
• Should Neurologists Manage Psychiatric Symptoms?
Dr. Andrew Wilner delineates the respective roles of neurologists and psychiatrists in managing diseases of the brain and nervous system.
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Helpful in Parkinsonian Depression
Multiple TMS treatments were shown to ease depression and possibly improve cognition and motor symptoms.
• Transdermal Estrogen: What Is the Latest Data on the Risk for Stroke?
What is the association between transdermal estrogen and the risk for stroke? Dr. JoAnn Manson discusses why the findings from a recent BMJ study have important clinical implications for practice.
• Study Implicates Immune System in Parkinson's Disease Pathogenesis
Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic PD, researchers say.
• Infants Born Late at Risk for Cerebral Palsy
Postterm infants are at similarly high risk of developing cerebral palsy as premature infants, report investigators.
• New Guidance on Management of Increasing Problem of Sports-Related Concussions in Children
Recommendations call for more conservative approach to return to play policies. Second report shows increases in sports-related concussions despite decreases in participation during the last decade.
• New Guidelines Issued for Insomnia and Other Sleep Disorders
The British Association for Psychopharmacology has issued a consensus statement on evidence-based treatment of insomnia, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders.
• REALISE-AF Registry: Much Still to Do in Atrial Fibrillation
Preliminary data from a new registry of more than 10,000 patients with AF, the largest ever, spanning 26 countries, shows that that much remains to be done in this field. AF is frequently not controlled, and even when it is, patients are often symptomatic. In addition, physicians need better guidance on how to treat AF, and better drug and devices are required, say experts.
• Cingulate Cortex Volume Varies With Severity of Major Depressive Disorder
The volume of the cingulate cortex decreases with the increasing severity of major depressive disorder.
• J. K. Rowling Donates 10 Million Pounds for New MS Research Clinic
The new clinic at the University of Edinburgh will be named after Rowling's mother, who died of MS when she was 45 years old.

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