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The Evelyn F. McKnight Neurocognitive Scholar at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine detailed his study on the correlations between sleep and cognitive decline in middle-aged Hispanics.

NeuroVoices: Christian Agudelo, MD, on Sleep’s Impact on Cognitive Decline

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New technology enables the collection and analysis of speech behaviors, but this requires an extensive database, which the ADDF seeks to help develop. 

ADDF Calls for Global Partnership to Compile Speech Biomarkers in Early Alzheimer

The calculation of fVPA based on this equation resulted in a misinterpretation in 40% of measurements with around 75% of them overestimating the actual measured fVPA. 

Inaccuracies With Valproic Acid Free Concentration Identified in Status Epilepticus

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The director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center discussed his team’s investigations into predicting responders and adverse events. 

Pavel Klein, MD: Determining Likelihood of Efficacy and AEs in Patient Populations

Including these agents for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, the relatively young company has 5 programs under development to target rare neurological disorders. 

Praxis Medicines Wins Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Designations for DEEs

Fred Lublin, MD; Patricia K. Coyle, MD; Mark Freedman, MD; and Scott D. Newsome, DO, discuss a number of topics pertaining to the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, including a focus on fatigue and its impact on quality of life.

Updates in the Management of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

Having a blood test available could help eliminate wait time in the emergency room and could reduce the number of unnecessary CT scans by up to 40%, according to Abbott, the test’s developer.

FDA Clears First Rapid Traumatic Brain Injury Blood Test

Further associations with lowered risk of Parkinson were observed with BMI and coffee intake. 

Dietary Vitamin C and E Associated with Lower Risk of Parkinson Disease

The director of the Montefiore Headache Center discussed how his team’s findings can change the way physicians think about treating migraine. 

Richard B. Lipton, MD: Achieving Simultaneous Acute and Preventive Migraine Treatment

People who were genetically predisposed to smoking behaviors were at a 63% greater risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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