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To honor Black History Month, NeurologyLive® spoke with influential Black clinicians on the leaders they look up to, the ongoing fight to overcome racial disparities, and ways to encourage diversity in health care.

The neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida talked about the significance of the ExTINGUISH trial, regarding care for patients with autoimmune encephalitis. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Stanley Appel, MD, shared his insight into the MDA session track on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the latest science advances to benefit patients, and where the field is headed with research and treatment.

Gregory Day, MD, MSc, MSCI, FAAN, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida, talked about the current state of treating autoimmune encephalitis and the significance of the ExTINGUISH trial.

In honor of World Encephalitis Day, held February 22, 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in autoimmune encephalitis as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates and expert insights.

The associate professor at Harvard Medical School spoke with NeurologyLive® about the differences between patients with multiple sclerosis and those with NMOSD. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores improved by an average of 4.3 points overall, with more than 90% of patients reporting perceived improvements in their excessive daytime sleepiness.

The program committee vice-chair of ACTRIMS provided perspective on the upcoming forum, including the notable sessions, themes, and presentations the clinical community should be aware of. [WATCH TIME: 7 minutes]

The director of Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center provided clinical perspective on the treatment decisions mobile stroke units face, and whether directly transferring patients to angiography suite is necessary.

To honor Black History Month, NeurologyLive® spoke with influential Black clinicians on the leaders they look up to, the ongoing fight to overcome racial disparities, and ways to encourage diversity in health care.

The senior vice president and chief scientific officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation provided perspective on recently published findings showing a nearly doubling of Parkinson disease incidence that previously reported. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Patients who switched from a previous disease-modifying therapy to teriflunomide saw a decrease in annualized relapse rate and stability with Expanded Disability Status Scale scores regardless of subgroups.

To honor Black History Month, NeurologyLive® spoke with influential Black clinicians on the leaders they look up to, the ongoing fight to overcome racial disparities, and ways to encourage diversity in health care.

In honor of American Heart Month, held February 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in stroke as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates.

Daniel Ontaneda, MD, program committee vice-chair of ACTRIMS, provided insight on the notable sessions and themes clinicians should pay attention to at this year’s forum, which takes place February 23-25, in San Diego, California.

Brian Grosberg, MD, and Stephanie Bakaysa, MD, of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, offered their clinical perspectives on the recently published survey study on management for migraines during pregnancy.

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

At 1 and 3 years follow-up, sodium oxybate-treated patients showed significant increases in periodic leg movements index and significantly higher apnea-hypopnea index.

The lead of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Global Myasthenia Gravis Patient Registry spoke on 2 additional attributes of the patient registry. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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 stroke and cerebrovascular disease.

Analysis on the EARLYSTIM trial assessing deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in early Parkinson disease showed maintained speech intelligibility and nonspeech oral movements.

As a recap from ISC 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in stroke as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates and expert insights.

Neurology News Network for the week ending February 18, 2023. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Teva’s VMAT2 inhibitor was previously approved in a twice-daily formulation. The once-daily extended-release treatment, marketed as Austedo XR, is expected to be available later in 2023 in doses of 6 mg, 12 mg, and 24 mg.

Frequent medication change, adverse events, and low medication adherence appears more frequently in patients with narcolepsy who use complementary and alternative medicine.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending February 17, 2023.

The vascular and interventional neurologist at Cleveland Clinic provided insight on a study presented at the 2023 International Stroke Conference that observed the clinical effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy beyond 24 hours. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Physicians were nearly 3 times more likely to prescribe treatments for symptoms of suspected dementia with a positive DISCERN result.