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In an interview, Yale neurologist Benjamin Tolchin discusses a new consensus statement he co-authored on seizures, driver licensure, and medical reporting.

Yale researchers take a deep dive into studies about hearing, nanowire assembly, heart imaging, photosynthesis, Tourette disorder, and AI in scientific writing.

Congratulations to the following Yale Department of Internal Medicine faculty members who were recently promoted, appointed, or reappointed.

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a sleep and movement disorder that has been treated with dopamine agonists for nearly twenty years. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has issued new guidelines for treating this condition. Brian Koo, MD, associate professor of neurology and director of the Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome, played a role in developing the new guidelines and breaks down what patients should know.

New research has found that the risk of developing dementia is significantly higher than previously believed and the number of people diagnosed with dementia annually is expected to double to about 1 million a year by 2060. Dr. Joan K. Monin, an associate professor in the Yale School of Public Health's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, discusses the significance of the dementia prevalence study and steps individuals can take to reduce their risk of dementia as they age.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a five-year R01 grant to Serena Spudich, MD, MA, Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology; Todd Constable, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Radiology; and Lindsay McAlpine, MD, assistant professor of neurology for research that will employ the use of novel neuroimaging to understand the brain changes that occur alongside the neurologic symptoms of Long COVID.

The gut microbiomes of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) have fewer bacteria coated with the host antibody immunoglobulin A (IgA), a new study finds.

New research conducted by scientists with the Yale Data Coordinating Center, Yale Center for Statistical Analysis, and Yale Program on Aging, in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA, compared different approaches to dementia care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The results were mixed.

A work group comprising participants from 19 countries revised the Declaration of Helsinki (DOH) Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants. The new version addresses more recent concerns, such as the inclusion of study participants' data in artificial intelligence analyses.