Accelerated Brain Atrophy with Atrial Fibrillation

  According to data presented at the 2015 European Society of Cardiology Congress, atrial fibrillation in the elderly general population were found to independently have accelerated loss of brain volume and cognitive function.
  The mechanism is unknown but may be multifactorial including altered autonomic regulation of cerebral blood flow, micro emboli to the brain and atrial fibrillation- induced  diminished cerebral blood flow.
STROKE.2013;44(4):1020-1025

Risk of Stroke Increases With IncreasedJob Stress

In a meta-analytic study out of China, people with high stress jobs had a 22% higher risk of stroke than those with low-stress jobs. Women with high-stress jobs had a 33% higher risk of stroke than women with low-stress jobs.Those with high-stress jobs were 58% more likely to have an ischemic stroke than those with low-stress jobs. People with passive (janitors,miners, other manual laborers) and active (doctors,teachers,engineers)did NOT have an increased risk of stroke.
  High stress jobs were found in the service industry (waitresses,nurses aides).
Neurology.2015 Oct 14

IBS, Migraine and Tension Headaches Linked ?

   Irritable bowel syndrome, (the most common GI disorder internationally with 45 million sufferers in the US alone) , tension headaches and migraine may share common genetic mutations.
  Researchers from Istanbul University in Turkey when looking at the serotonin transporter gene and serotonin receptor gene 2A found that IBS, migraine and tension headache groups had at least one gene that differed from healthy participants.
AAN ANNUAL MEETING 2016 Vancouver

Immunologic Profile in MS Patients Altered with High Dose Vitamin D

   Those with low Vitamin D levels have been shown to have have an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis in previous studies as well as an increased number of brain lesions on MRI. NEJM JW Neurol Dec 2015, JAMA Neurol 2015;72:1458
  A newer study revealed reduced percentages of IL17+CD4+T cells and effects memory cells CD4+ in patients that received 10,400 IU of vitamin D3 daily.
Neurology 2015 Dec 30

Potential Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD

  Methylphenidate improved attention, post concussion symptoms and PTSD symptoms. Galantamine improved episodic memory. Both drugs improved depression in TBI and PTSD patients.
Neuropsychopharmacology 2015 Sept 11

Increased Risk of MS in Children In Pregnant Women with Low Vitamin D3

  The children born to women with low vitamin D3 levels were found to be at double the risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
JAMA Neurol. March 7,2016

Modest Seafood intake Decreased Alzheimer's Risk

  Even a single seafood serving a week had a neuroprotective benefit against the development of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in people that carry the apolipoprotein e4 risk gene for Alzheimer's. The same is NOT true for those that do not carry the APOE e4 gene. 
  Interestingly, that same population studied also were found to have increased mercury in their brains WITHOUT an adverse effect pathologically.
JAMA 2016;315(5):465-466