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Even moderate alcohol drinking can be detrimental to cognitive health, such that intake levels of only one to two daily alcohol units lead to a reduction in brain volume, which becomes greater as alcohol intake increases, a study has found.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01-15 March 2022 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Gait and balance measures in patients with leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) can be reliably monitored using wearable accelerometers, according to a recent study.

Endovascular therapy (EVT) in addition to medical therapy appeared to improve outcomes in patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) with large ischaemic core following a stroke, according to results of the RESCUE-Japan LIMIT* trial.

A novel dual-filter device called the SENTINEL cerebral protection system (CPS) has been safely deployed in 95 percent of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with 100-percent procedural success, according to a Singapore study. No filter-related complications, stroke, or mortality has occurred at 30 days.

Some acute ischaemic stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy remain at risk of death despite successful reperfusion, a study reports. Among these patients, symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and high post-thrombectomy National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score strongly predict 90-day mortality.