MS and Demyelinating Disorders

The staff neurologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Mellen Center for MS shared her insight into the use of telemedicine in an outpatient setting across a number of subspecialties in neurology and how it can supplement care going forward.

Neurology News Network for the week ending August 3, 2019.

Patients who received diroximel fumarate experienced statistically significantly fewer number of days of key gastrointestinal symptoms with intensity scores ≥2 on the IGISIS compared to those on dimethyl fumarate.

On our anniversary, take a look back at some of our most popular articles and interviews across a range of neurology topics.

Early focal inflammatory disease activity and spinal cord lesions are predictors of long-term disease outcomes, which may be useful in counseling patients and personalizing treatment plans.

Though no details have been reported, Janssen Pharmaceuticals announced that its S1P modulator ponesimod has met its primary and key secondary end points in the OPTIMUM study, in which it was compared to teriflunomide in patients with relapsing MS.

Despite previous case series suggesting that undergoing surgery may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis relapse, retrospective analysis of more than 600 surgeries undergone by patients with progressive and relapsing MS now proposes that the risk of relapse is not high in the postoperative period.

A new treatment for NMOSD has been found to reduce relapse, decrease re-hospitalizations, and hinder the need to treat acute attacks with corticosteroids and plasma exchange.

The International Congress on the Future of Neurology will take place this Fall in New York City, converging experts in neurology to discuss the latest data and best practices to better inform clinical decision-making.

Six months after delivering a healthy baby girl, a physician experiences intermittent blurred vision and tingling in her left leg. Her diagnosis might surprise you.

The MS neurologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health discussed the impact that propensity score has had on real-world data analysis, the use of additional outcome measures in trials, and the increasing understanding of progressive disease.

The podiatrist and chief executive officer of Naboso Technology spoke about the potential of textured insoles to help patients with multiple sclerosis improve gait, posture, and balance.

The director of behavioral medicine at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic discussed the importance of screening patients with MS for other conditions for which they are prevalently comorbid, such as depression or sleep disorders.