Epilepsy

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Expert clinicians offer their perspectives on the ongoing shortage of neurologists, stigmas associated with migraine, diets for those with epilepsy, mesenchymal stem cells in MS, and other topics.

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Investigators interviewed 20 community neurologists about the impact of the pandemic on their professional and personal lives, finding 4 main themes among their responses.

Three (20%) patients with Dravet syndrome had increases in seizure frequency after the first vaccine dose; however, no such increase was observed after the second dose.

An abnormal composite outcome of death or disability at age 18 to 22 months was found in 46% of those who had seizures during rewarming compared with 25% of those without seizures at rewarming.

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Just about two-thirds of patients remained on cenobamate throughout the entire analysis period and almost 40% had complete seizure reduction for at least 12 consecutive months at some time during the study.

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The registered dietitian at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provided knowledge on the how and why diets are constructed for patients with epilepsy.

The registered dietitian at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital discussed the unknowns in terms of managing and prescribing diets for patients with epilepsy. [WATCH TIME 3 minutes]

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The division chief of vascular neurology at the University of Utah discussed the individual role that clinicians and neurologists can play to increase interest in the field of neurology. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]

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Preclinical results showed promise for the investigational formulation in reducing seizures, prompting the patent filing.

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The registered dietician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provided insight on the importance of educating youths with epilepsy on diets, especially in the transition stages of care. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]

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Monthly focal seizure frequency was reduced from baseline at all 3 dose levels of the differentiated Kv7 potassium channel modulator, compared to placebo.

Data from 31,052 patients on the German Multiple Sclerosis Register were analyzed in the case-control study.