Sleep Disorders

The director of Child Neurology and Pediatric Sleep Medicine at Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital talked about how the recent approval of once-nightly sodium oxybate for pediatric narcolepsy enables more effective and manageable treatment options for children and families.

Sodium oxybate is the only FDA-approved once-at-bedtime treatment for cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness in pediatric patients with narcolepsy.

The chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital discussed the newly updated treatment guidelines for the treatment of restless legs syndrome.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on Alzheimer disease.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on insomnia.

Sleep is critical for physical and mental health, with its insufficiency leading to various disorders and increased health risks; thus, clinicians should integrate sleep assessments and hygiene strategies into their clinical care.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending September 27, 2024.

At the 2024 AUPN Annual Meeting, a pair of neurologists provided perspectives on the attributes and ethics that make a great educator, stressing passion, intellectual humility, and inclusivity, among others. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

In the phase 1 trial, the 2.5 mg dose of ORX750 significantly improved wakefulness, restoring normal sleep latency to 32 minutes compared to placebo.

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Vibrance-2 is a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 80 participants, assessing three doses of ALKS 2680 over eight weeks

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The double-blind, single-dose, 5-period crossover study is expected to include approximately 40 patients with narcolepsy type 1 to test 3 dose strengths of E2086.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on care of idiopathic hypersomnia.

Known as REVITALYZ, the double-blind, placebo-controlled study will assess the effect of once-nightly sodium oxybate on the primary end point of change in Epworth Sleepiness Scale over a 14-week period.

The meeting with the American Neurologic Association fosters collaboration, networking, and joint sessions, enhancing knowledge sharing among academic neurologists.

In this episode, the panel discusses the emerging challenges for neurology departments, the shortage of neurologists, and the ways to disseminate between useful and useless information amid a busy career.

John England, MD, and Lisa Merlin, MD, commented on the significant changes to neurology over the years and how education aligns with the latest in treatments advancements and understanding of neurological disorders.

The duo provided insight on a number of key sessions clinicians and neurology educators should attend at the upcoming AUPN Annual Meeting.

Panelists John England, MD, FAAN, and Lisa Merlin, MD, discuss the main objectives of the upcoming AUPN Annual Meeting, set to take place September 14th in Orlando, Florida.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on congenital muscular dystrophy.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 26, 2024.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on progressive multiple sclerosis.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 19, 2024.

The therapeutic head for Clinical Development Neuroscience at Jazz Pharmaceuticals discussed how sodium oxybate has evolved over the years and the educational aspects of cardiovascular implications patients and clinicians should be aware of. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Take a look at some of the most-anticipated clinical trials with expected data readouts in the second half of 2024 that researchers and clinicians in neurology should keep an eye out on.