Alison Rodriguez

New research suggests that living near major roads or highways is associated with incidence of non-Alzheimer dementia, Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis (MS).

There is a great need for additional outreach to the transgender community, especially by addressing concerns that include fear and loss of confidentiality, distrust of the medical community, abandonment, and abuse.

Using a smartphone was associated with higher usage of acute medication, but less relief, in individuals with new-onset headache or increased severity of headache.

Diabetes pay-for-performance programs may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Patients were reclassified as having other types of headaches.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may incur huge medical expenses, resulting in a heavy socioeconomic burden. A recent study sought to predict the level of healthcare utilization resources.

The association of HIV infection with cardiovascular disease was particularly strong for heart failure and stroke.

Platelet indices may be altered in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and therefore act as a valuable diagnostic marker, according to research.

Men demonstrated higher levels of respiratory events and more periodic limb movements but women had significantly higher levels of sleep-associated complaints across all measures.

Changes in brain tissue iron relate to poorer cognition in Parkinson disease, according to a recent study.

Family history with migraine affect male and female patients differently, according to a recent study.

A recent study aiming to evaluate the impact of motor and non-motor wearing-off—a common phenomenon in Parkinson disease (PD)—found that the fluctuations have an impact on the activities of daily living and quality of life, with non-motor wearing-off having the greater impact.

In individuals with mild to moderate Parkinson disease, Tai Chi was shown to be a potentially effective meditation technique that may slow down disease progression, according to study findings.

Researchers recently examined 18 diseases represented by outpatient visits to a hospital in Taiwan to determine patterns of the effect of air pollution on different organs and found evidence that concurrent occurrences of diseases show that the immune system tries to create protective defenses.

Out-of-network primary care may be associated with higher per-beneficiary spending in Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs), reported a recent study published in Health Affairs.

The research revealed 5 risk factors for stroke for patients with migraine with aura.

These findings suggest that baseline white matter hyperintensities can act as a predictive marker or therapeutic target for the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with early stage Parkinson disease.

A decision aid delivered through tobacco quitlines may improve informed decision making about lung cancer screening, according to study findings.

The Narcolepsy Monitor—a companion app for long-term narcolepsy symptom monitoring—may be a helpful tool for gaining insight into the individual burden of narcolepsy symptoms over time and may serve as a patient-reported outcome measure, according to study findings.

Results showed that managing T1D becomes more intense during pregnancy and in the months that follow childbirth. This is due to the need to be even more vigilant than usual in monitoring blood glucose levels and dosing insulin, tasks the women performed mostly themselves, but which can also be performed by other healthcare professionals.

Enrollment in AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs)–funded Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) is associated with viral suppression (VS) across states and demographic groups. People living with HIV who engage in care and have QHPs have a higher VS rate than those who received medications from direct ADAPs.

The researchers hope the findings could one day lead to cell replacement therapies for respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Where do migraines begin in the brain and what has neuroimaging identified so far about how the disease alters pain processes and functioning? A recent article reviewed what is known so far.

Researchers analyzed how cognitive ability relates to ambulatory status in Parkinson.

The authors noted that pregnant women are typically excluded from clinical trials investigating the safety and tolerability of HIV medications.

The case study involved a 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with a medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sleep apnea who initially presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia.

Although arterial stiffness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases over time, a greater annual increase may be associated with the severity of emphysema, systemic inflammation, and dyslipidemia, according to study findings.

Migraine was the most common type of headache in patients with hyperprolactinemia.

Medicare beneficiaries with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have increased healthcare utilization (HCU) and costs across all points of service, according to results of a recent study published by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

The incidence of open globe injuries decreased in the US from 2006 to 2014, according to a recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.