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Prpf19 a potential new target in hereditary ataxia model

09 Mar 2021 by

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have unveiled the involvement of an E3 ligase pre-mRNA processing factor 19 (Prpf19) in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) pathogenesis and found its interacting partner, exocyst complex component 7 (Exoc7), to have an opposite modulating effect on disease protein ataxin-3 (ATXN3).

Prpf19 a potential new target in hereditary ataxia model

09 Mar 2021

Neurologic involvement common among children and adolescents with COVID-19

09 Mar 2021 by

A case series of 1,695 children and adolescents hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) finds neurological involvement in 22 percent of patients.

Neurologic involvement common among children and adolescents with COVID-19

09 Mar 2021

Sidewalks may curb dementia risk in urban areas

08 Mar 2021 by

Living in neighbourhoods with liberal sidewalk coverage contributes to a lower incidence of dementia in urban areas, a study from Japan has found.

Sidewalks may curb dementia risk in urban areas

08 Mar 2021

Anxiety, fear may promote reliance on chronic opioid analgesic therapy for pain

06 Mar 2021

Among patients with chronic, noncancer pain, fear avoidance beliefs and behaviour play an important role in refractory chronic opioid analgesic therapy reliance, as shown in a study.

Anxiety, fear may promote reliance on chronic opioid analgesic therapy for pain

06 Mar 2021

Dabigatran as good as aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention in East Asian patients

05 Mar 2021

In preventing recurrent stroke in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS), dabigatran and aspirin are both useful, with the former showing no apparent superiority over the latter, according to data from the RE-SPECT ESUS* trial.

Dabigatran as good as aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention in East Asian patients

05 Mar 2021

Pregnancy risk factors predict future cerebrovascular disease risk in offspring

04 Mar 2021

Disturbances in maternal and foetal growth during pregnancy may spell trouble for the offspring, as they contribute to a heightened risk of developing cerebrovascular diseases in adulthood, a study has found.

Pregnancy risk factors predict future cerebrovascular disease risk in offspring

04 Mar 2021

Blood biomarkers: Harbingers of heart failure, respiratory tract infections in stroke

03 Mar 2021 by

Blood biomarker panels prove to be useful in the prediction of two major complications of stroke, namely acute decompensated heart failure and respiratory tract infections, early after hospital admission, as shown in a study.

Blood biomarkers: Harbingers of heart failure, respiratory tract infections in stroke

03 Mar 2021

Novel tool predicts survival in brain metastasis patients

01 Mar 2021

Blood biomarkers must be integrated when attempting to develop improved scores for predicting survival in patients with brain metastases (BMs), suggests a recent study.

Novel tool predicts survival in brain metastasis patients

01 Mar 2021

Coffee may guard against seizure‐related respiratory dysfunction

01 Mar 2021

Coffee drinkers are less likely to have seizure‐related respiratory dysfunction, with a dose‐dependent effect, as compared with abstainers, a study reports.

Coffee may guard against seizure‐related respiratory dysfunction

01 Mar 2021

Continuity of care eases medical expenses in chronic shoulder pain

28 Feb 2021

High continuity of care (COC) helps lower medical costs among patients with chronic shoulder pain, a recent study has found.

Continuity of care eases medical expenses in chronic shoulder pain

28 Feb 2021

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Prpf19 a potential new target in hereditary ataxia model

Prpf19 a potential new target in hereditary ataxia model

Neurologic involvement common among children and adolescents with COVID-19

Neurologic involvement common among children and adolescents with COVID-19

Sidewalks may curb dementia risk in urban areas

Sidewalks may curb dementia risk in urban areas

Anxiety, fear may promote reliance on chronic opioid analgesic therapy for pain

Anxiety, fear may promote reliance on chronic opioid analgesic therapy for pain

Dabigatran as good as aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention in East Asian patients

Dabigatran as good as aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention in East Asian patients

Pregnancy risk factors predict future cerebrovascular disease risk in offspring

Pregnancy risk factors predict future cerebrovascular disease risk in offspring

Blood biomarkers: Harbingers of heart failure, respiratory tract infections in stroke

Blood biomarkers: Harbingers of heart failure, respiratory tract infections in stroke

Novel tool predicts survival in brain metastasis patients

Novel tool predicts survival in brain metastasis patients

Coffee may guard against seizure‐related respiratory dysfunction

Coffee may guard against seizure‐related respiratory dysfunction

Continuity of care eases medical expenses in chronic shoulder pain

Continuity of care eases medical expenses in chronic shoulder pain