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  • Brain Stimulation Effective for Phantom Limb Pain Patients with amputations from land mine explosions show analgesic improvement 15 days after treatments with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, a new trial shows.
 
  • Guided Ultrasound Thalamotomy Decreases Essential Tremor This study, now published in the NEJM, was cited by the FDA last month when it approved the first focused ultrasound device for treating essential tremor.
  • Circulating Biomarkers Linked to Stroke Adding four biomarkers associated with increased ischemic stroke risk improves the predictive value of the Framingham Stroke Risk Profile, a new study finds.
  • Anemia Associated With Increased Mortality Risk After Stroke This was shown in an initial database study of 8000 stroke patients in the UK, as well as a meta-analysis of almost 30,000 stroke patients. High hemoglobin level was also a mortality risk factor.
  • AHA Science Advisory: 'Sit Less, Move More' Sedentary behavior contributes to heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality, but it's unclear how much is too much, prompting the AHA to advise adults to sit less and move more.
 

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  • Aging Is Associated With Better Mental HealthAging is traditionally thought of as a period of physical and cognitive decline and depression, but in this study, older people had better mental health than younger individuals.
  • Brain Stimulation Effective for Phantom Limb PainPatients with amputations from land mine explosions show analgesic improvement 15 days after treatments with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, a new trial shows.
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  • Circulating Biomarkers Linked to StrokeAdding four biomarkers associated with increased ischemic stroke risk improves the predictive value of the Framingham Stroke Risk Profile, a new study finds.
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