Neurology

Two new studies again suggest that stroke mortality is higher in patients who are admitted to the hospital during nights and on weekends.

Smoked cannabis eased pain induced in healthy volunteers, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR.) However, the researchers found that less may be more.

Patients with diabetes and low levels of HDL cholesterol, and high levels of homocysteine who have had a mild to moderate ischemic stroke were twice as likely as their counterparts without these conditions to have poorer cognitive function and greater disability after a stroke.

Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer’s memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.

Patients with diabetes appear to be at a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with patients without diabetes.

A history of migraine and other headache types has been linked to an increased prevalence of retinopathy in middle-aged individuals, supporting the hypothesis that neurovascular dysfunction underlies vascular headaches.

A new study suggests that diabetes is a significant risk factor for a type of memory problem that doctors call “amnestic mild cognitive impairment.”

For those lucky few who make it to the century mark, a crucial gene variation relating to HDL cholesterol levels may play an important part in their longevity.

More aggressive screening and treatment is needed in children with type 2 diabetes to prevent complications as they get older.

For older people with diabetes, the condition does not increase the likelihood that they’ll develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.