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With population aging, late-life hypertension is becoming an increasingly important issue. Mounting evidence has documented additional cardiovascular benefits induced by a more intensive target, lower than what are recommended in most current guidelines for systolic blood pressure (SBP) reduction in older patients with hypertension. However, the optimal target remains less clear.

In the present review, we summarized the evolution of the perspective into late-life hypertension and the development of the 'optimal' target for SBP reduction in older patients with hypertension. More importantly, new evidence from latest antihypertensive drug-placebo studies, blood pressure target studies, and high-quality meta-analysis regarding the effect of intensive SBP treatment in older patients were covered and discussed in detail.

In summary, robust evidence supports that a SBP target of <130mmHg is safe and will induce additional cardiovascular benefits in general older patients with hypertension. This benefit seems to be consistent, but less degreed in older patients with comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease or diabetes mellitus. However, such an intensive SBP target should be judiciously applied in older patients under extreme conditions. Collectively, edging down the relaxed SBP targets to <130mmHg in most of the current guidelines is in imperative need.

In summary, robust evidence supports that a SBP target of less then 130 mmHg is safe and will induce additional cardiovascular benefits in general older patients with hypertension. This benefit seems to be consistent, but less degreed in older patients with comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease or diabetes mellitus. However, such an intensive SBP target should be judiciously applied in older patients under extreme conditions. Collectively, edging down the relaxed SBP targets to less then 130 mmHg in most of the current guidelines is in imperative need.This research assessed clergymen perceptions of child sexual abuse in Catalonia (Spain) and identified elements pointing toward anomie and a discourse linked to the neutralization of the perpetrators' criminal responsibility. The study included 20 interviews from diocesan priests and members of religious congregations, who highlighted the impact of sexual abuse on clergy, the plurality of sensitivities, the existence of discourses tending to idealization, the presence of neutralization techniques and the existence of an institutionalized and persistent anomie within the Catholic Church. This research concluded that the problem of child sexual abuse is related to both individual (such as loneliness, among others) and institutional aspects (for example, selection and training of future clergymen, among others). To reduce the tension existing between cultural goals and institutional means, institutional reforms are necessary in terms of reviewing and de-consecrating cultural goals and improving adaptation of institutional means, while also focusing on supporting clerics and reducing loneliness. A debate needs to be normalized inside the Church, related to moralism, clerical power, and celibacy, among others.Aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4-Ab) Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) is a rare neuroinflammatory syndrome presenting predominantly with optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. We report a case of radiologically isolated longitudinally extensive optic neuritis in an asymptomatic 12-year-old female with positive serum AQP4-Ab, with resolution of imaging changes after immune therapy. By contrast to patients with radiologically isolated syndrome, of which some will never convert to multiple sclerosis, the pathogenicity of AQP4-Ab in the context of sub-clinical disease, supported treatment in our patient. Given the severe morbidity in AQP4-Ab NMOSD, prognostic biomarkers for disease severity are required to guide optimal therapy for patients.

Emergency hospital admissions are common in multiple sclerosis (MS), and can highlight unmet medical needs.

To evaluate burden, predictors and outcomes of MS emergency admissions.

This is a population-based study, conducted in the Campania Region (South Italy) from 2015 to 2019, using hospital discharge records, drug prescriptions and outpatients. The risk of emergency hospital admissions and the likelihood of worse outcomes were evaluated using the Cox regression and multinomial logistic regression models, respectively, in relation to age, sex, disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), comorbidities and adherence.

We recorded 1225 emergency admissions for 1001 patients (out of 5765 prevalent MS patients), overall costing 4,143,764.67 EUR. The risk of emergency admissions increased with age (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.02; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.01, 1.03;

 < 0.01) and comorbidities (HR = 1.62;

 < 0.01), and decreased in patients using DMTs (interferon beta/peg-interferon beta/glatiramer acetate HR = 0.19;

 < 0.01; teriflunomide/dimethyl-fumarate/fingolimod HR = 0.18;

 < 0.01, and alemtuzumab/cladribine/natalizumab/ocrelizumab HR = 0.21;

 < 0.01), and with higher adherence (HR = 0.18; 95% CI = 0.13, 0.26;

 < 0.01). Following emergency admission, older age was associated with probability of death (

 = 63) (odds ratio (OR) = 1.06;

 < 0.01) and discharge to long-term facility (

 = 65) (OR = 1.03;

 = 0.01).

With 17% people with MS requiring emergency medical care over 5 years, improved management of DMTs and comorbidities could potentially reduce their medical, social and financial burden.

With 17% people with MS requiring emergency medical care over 5 years, improved management of DMTs and comorbidities could potentially reduce their medical, social and financial burden.

This study aimed to compare the P3 component between patients who have migraines with aura and healthy subjects, and to compare different subtypes of migraine with aura relative to the complexity of migraine aura.

Average Migraine Aura Complexity Score was calculated for each MwA patient. Visual oddball paradigm was used to elicit the P3 component. P3 amplitudes and latencies elicited from frequent and rare stimuli, as well as from difference wave, were compared with healthy subjects. Subsequently, subtypes of migraine with aura were compared and Average Migraine Aura Complexity Score was used to explore the connection between features of the P3 and complexity of migraine with aura.

37 patients who have migraine with aura (16 with simple aura and 21 with complex aura) patients and 28 healthy subjects were studied. Patients who have migraine with aura had significantly prolonged latencies compared to healthy subjects (411 ± 39 ms vs 372 ± 34 ms, p < 0.001) relative to a rare condition. Patients who haern of P3 components provided new evidence for the cognitive dysfunctions in patients who have migraine with aura.Special education teachers are essential team members in the provision of services to students with complex communication needs. Professional competencies related to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices have been outlined for special education teachers as part of their professional standards. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these professionals have knowledge and skills in this area. Given existing gaps in the literature, an anonymous, web-based survey was disseminated across the United States to gather information on special education teachers' self-reported knowledge and skills in AAC. A total of 1198 special education teachers from 46 states responded to the survey. Findings indicated that most special education teachers did not receive formal training in AAC during their teacher licensure preparation programs, resulting in low levels of self-reported knowledge and skills. Data also indicated that while influencing factors existed, special education teachers' knowledge and skills in AAC remained minimal. Implications and recommendations for stakeholders are discussed.

It has not been established if migraine headache and migraine aura share common pathophysiological mechanisms. Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, causes cGMP accumulation and provokes migraine-like headache in patients with migraine without aura. We investigated if sildenafil induced aura and migraine-like headache in patients with migraine with aura.

In a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled crossover study, 16 patients with migraine with aura (of whom 11 patients exclusively had attacks of migraine with aura) received 100 mg sildenafil or placebo on two separate days. The development, duration, and characteristics of aura and headache were recorded using a questionnaire. The primary outcome was the incidence of migraine aura.

Aura symptoms were induced in three patients (19%) after sildenafil and none after placebo (P < 0.001). After administration of sildenafil, 12 patients (75%) developed headache compared with two patients (12.5%) after placebo (Fisher's exact test, P < 0.s with migraine with aura, even in those who exclusively experienced attacks of migraine with aura in their spontaneous attacks. These findings suggest that accumulation of cGMP by PDE5-inhibition do not play any significant role in the initiation of migraine aura and refute the hypothesis of sildenafil being a tool for pharmacological provocation of this phenomenon. These findings further support dissociation between the aura and the headache phase.Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov - NCT02795351.

Since self-paced treadmills enable more natural gait patterns compared to fixed-speed treadmills we examined the use of a self-paced treadmill as a alternative for overground gait analysis in persons after stroke.

Twenty-five persons after stroke (10 males/15 females; 53 ± 12.05 years; 40.72 ± 42.94 months post-stroke) walked at self-selected speed overground (GAITRite, CIR Systems) and on a self-paced treadmill (GRAIL, Motek) in randomized order. Spatiotemporal parameters, variability and symmetry measures were compared using paired-sample

-tests or Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests. Concurrent validity was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plots. A regression model determined the contribution of the walking velocity to the changes in spatiotemporal parameters.

The velocity on the treadmill was significant lower compared to overground (

 < 0.001). This difference predicted the significant changes in other spatiotemporal parameters to varying degrees (27.7%-83.8%). Blandanalysis. Although a slower walking velocity, and accompanying changes in other spatiotemporal parameters, should be taken into account compared to overground walking.Implications for rehabilitationConsidering the advantages regarding space and time, instrumented treadmills provide opportunities for gait assessment and training in a stroke population.When using self-paced treadmills for clinical gait analysis in persons after stroke, the slower walking velocity and accompanying changes in other spatiotemporal parameters need to be taken into account.Stroke patients seem to preserve their walking pattern on a self-paced treadmill.