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A group of experts in the care of patients with neurological conditions—Amynah Pradhan, PhD; Katherine Podraza, MD, PhD; Elizabeth K. Seng, PhD; Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, MD, FAHS; Sait Ashina, MD, FAHS—shared their perspectives on hot topics of treatment and management in headache/migraine from the 2023 American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

The head of the MS Center at Methodist Hospitals and assistant professor of neurology at Indiana University talked about the significance of diversity and the health disparities faced by patients with multiple sclerosis in the LGBTQ+ community. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

A group of experts in the care of patients with neurological conditions—Gavin Giovannoni, MBBCh, PhD, FCP, FRCP, FRCPath; Andrew Solomon, MD; Anne H. Cross, MD; Anthony Feinstein, MPhil, PhD, FRCP; Brian G. Weinshenker, MD, FRCP—shared their perspectives on hot topics of treatment and management in multiple sclerosis from the 2023 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting.

As a recap from AHS 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in neurology as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates.

The pain management specialist and headache neurologist at the University of California San Diego Center for Pain Medicine discussed the different forms of cannabis and the need to conduct larger, multicenter studies to better understand its effects in migraine. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

John DeLuca, PhD, senior vice president for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation, discussed the challenges in understanding and measuring fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis.

As a recap from CMSC 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in neurology as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates.

The undergraduate program director at the University of South Carolina provided perspective on the factors that go into building an equitable and effective medical course for young medical professionals. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing provided insight on a presentation at SLEEP 2023, and whether neurofilament light should be more considered when assessing elderly patients with sleep disorders. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Marisa Whalen, PharmD, associate director of Medical Affairs at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, discussed presentations at SLEEP 2023 on the real-world burdens of idiopathic hypersomnia and the smooth transition to low sodium oxybate in patients with narcolepsy.

At ATMRD 2023, Lori DePorter, global ambassador for the PMD alliance, talked from the patient experience about the need for improved communication between care teams and support groups in Parkinson disease. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The sleep epidemiologist and assistant professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University discussed the multi-level effort needed to improve sleep issues seen in individuals most impacted by social determinants of health. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School talked about the prevalence of tension-type headache and how recent advances shed light on its pathophysiological mechanisms, leading to potential new treatments for the condition. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

High and low doses of frexalimab resulted in reductions of new or enlarging T2 lesions and total T1 gadolinium-enhancing lesions over a 3-month period.

The research project manager of the headache program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discussed data that suggest that an unhealthy and imbalanced microbiome may exacerbate the frequency, severity, and duration of migraines. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

B U. K. Li, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics and gastroenterology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, highlights the significant overlap between cyclic vomiting syndrome, abdominal migraine, and migraine headaches.

The chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital discussed the benefits opioids have for patients with restless legs syndrome, as well as how they can be safely used as part of treatment strategies. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Over an 8-week period, patients with migraine and major depressive disorder who were treated with fremanezumab showed significant reductions in HAMD-17 and PHQ-9 scores.

The headache specialist at Hartford Healthcare Headache Center talked about her debate at AHS 2023 on why migraine is not a risk factor for dementia. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Garth T. Whiteside, PhD, head of preclinical development at Imbrium Therapeutics, discussed a phase 2 clinical study that explored the use of sunobinop in patients with insomnia during recovery from alcohol use disorder.

Following the initiation or switch to a new migraine preventive medication, patients taking galcanezumab showed numerically greater 3-month improvements for most measures of health-related quality of life and disability.

The associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic discussed the developing field of migraine management during pregnancy and the importance of raising awareness of treatment options during the gestation period. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

At the 2023 AHS Annual Meeting, the chief of headache at UT Austin Dell Children’s Hospital discussed her presentation on a new educational intervention to improve knowledge of pediatric headache.

The combination of both REN and gepants for acute migraine treatment may have an increased efficacy compared with REN alone, an expected result based on the different actions of the treatments.

The director of the Pediatric Headache Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia talked about the usage of an integrated EHR questionnaire to improve the likelihood of specific diagnosis in pediatric headache. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Walter Koroshetz, MD, director of the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the NIH, provided perspective on the advances in migraine treatment, and the next steps in research needed over the coming years.

The pain management specialist and headache neurologist at the University of California San Diego Center for Pain Medicine provided perspective on how cannabis may be used in the management of migraine as more evidence is uncovered. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Data showed similar rates of discontinuation because of adverse events between those with and without CGRP monoclonal antibodies, as well as no serious AEs observed for those on concomitant medication.