Despite the diagnosis of MS improving, misdiagnosis remains a challenge, pointing to the need for proper differential diagnosis and mimic identification.

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The study added to the evidence base for recommending adherence to treatment with disease-modifying therapies in clinical practice, a key element for reducing moderate or severe relapse rate.

With the first approved biosimilar entering the US treatment market, the time for clinicians to understand the coming era of therapies is now.

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Apart from the small pump system, which was preferred by the patients, the study found no clear advantage of levodopa-entacapone-carbidopa to levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel.

The effect of gaslighting on patients can result in serious harms, and although it is potentially common in the MS care continuum, whether it is deliberate or an institutional problem, it must be called out by providers.

We are closer than ever to individualized management of MS, and keeping up with the rapidly changing pace of MS care is challenging even for an MS specialist.

Rebecca Whitney, associate director of Programs and Community Support at SRNA and mother of child with a rare neuroimmune disorder, provided thoughts on the importance of caregivers and the role they play in everyday life.

In a recently published study, investigators have identified a part of the brain that may be associated with breathing failure following a seizure in patients with severe epilepsy that cannot be managed with treatment.

The physician neurologist and neuroimmunologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center discussed RNDS 2023, an educational event for Spanish-speaking patients with rare neuroimmune disorders.

Pixyl.Neuro, a CE-marked medical device, is designed to be integrated into the radiology workflow, providing clinicians with diagnostic support of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders.

The FDA has scheduled an in-person meeting for December 6th to discuss the regulatory path for BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics’ NurOwn as a potential treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

In a phase 2 study, sodium oxybate showed a significant, albeit short-lived, reduction in voice symptoms for patients with alcohol-responsive essential tremor of voice.

A recently published study revealed that speech markers can have a high accuracy in distinguishing between neurodegenerative diseases and healthy speech, emphasizing the significance of speech analysis in disease assessment.

A recent study conducted across 11 centers globally challenged the assumption that cognitive rehabilitation and exercise synergistically benefit patients with progressive multiple sclerosis.

The double-blind, placebo-controlled study is expected to include 9 patients aged 35-75 years old with MSA-parkinsonian type who will be randomized 2:1 to either investigational AB-1005 or sham surgery.

Insurance coverage or cost was considered a barrier to prescribing novel NMOSD treatments in 42% of respondents, with the highest rate seen in eculizumab.

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A recent study suggests that palliative education and telehealth improve quality of life and advance care planning among patients with Parkinson disease and related disorders.

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If successful, the study has potential implications for future surgical outcomes and patient experience among those with Parkinson disease.

A recently published questionnaire study showed that certain health symptoms affected epilepsy-specific health-related quality of life beyond sociodemographic and epilepsy characteristics according to responses from both caregivers and pediatric patients.

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Compared with placebo, treatment with ubrogepant 100 mg during the prodrome significantly reduced the development of moderate or severe headache for 24 hours after study-drug dose.