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Ahead of sessions kicking off on June 13, Jessica Ailani, MD, FAHS, offers a look into what data, plenary talks, and developments are set to be presented at the upcoming AHS 2020 annual meeting.

The treatment, marketed as Uplizna, is only the second approved therapy for NMOSD.

Despite the likelihood of women receiving IV thrombolysis still being 13% lower than men, the gap narrowed by 17% from 2008 to 2018 compared to what was observed from 2000 to 2008.

The clinical health psychology fellow at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic details the use of behavioral health and potential use of Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory (CMNI) tool in multiple sclerosis care.

Effectively addressing vascular risk factors could provide an important avenue for modifying white matter hyperintensity disease burden.

The new data from the phase 2 NURTURE study are set to be presented at the virtual Cure SMA Research and Clinical Care Meeting.

Results of the Jackson Heart Study suggest that cigarette smoking is linked with a dose-dependent higher risk of all stroke in black individuals compared to those who did not smoke.

An overwhelming number of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis may accumulate disability due to underlying progressive disease course independent of relapse activity.

The funding for the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Research Network will provide assistance to some of the world's highly skilled clinical trial investigators who have led studies that have resulted in numerous FDA approvals of breakthrough treatments.

The study confirmed previous study findings that indicated potential severe conditions such as stroke or inflammatory diseases can appear in later stages of COVID-19, including during recovery.

The AHS fellow, director of MedStar Georgetown Headache Center, and associate professor of neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital discussed what topics the plenary talks will cover at AHS 2020.

Data show the therapy’s positive safety and expression results from a small number of clinical trial participants with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E out to 1 year.

The group medical director of neuroscience at Genentech spoke to the findings recently presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Neurology.

Carrie Hersh, DO, MSc, assistant professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, discusses recent data on natalizumab as well as what sets it apart from other multiple sclerosis treatments.

After respective approvals in December 2019 and March 2020, lemborexant (Dayvigo; Eisai) and ozanimod (Zeposia; Bristol Myers Squibb) have become available for patients with insomnia and multiple sclerosis.

The AHS fellow, director of MedStar Georgetown Headache Center, and associate professor of neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital spoke to what to expect from this year’s annual scientific meeting.

Coutinho et al. noted that future studies that feature a larger population will help to better determine recovery rates after endovascular treatment.

Approximately one-fourth of the excess cases of maternal stroke associated with migraine were attributable to hypertensive disorders.

The founding executive director and chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation discussed the recent approval of the imaging agent flortaucipir F18.

The clinical healthy psychology fellow at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic discussed the reasoning behind his study evaluating conformity of masculine norms in patients with multiple sclerosis.

The first study to attempt to directly compare 3 debated treatment strategies to treat medication overuse headache showed the most significant change in monthly headache days by using withdrawal plus preventive treatment.

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Head of Global Clinical Development in Neurology at EMD Serono discussed the findings of a phase 2 assessment of the company’s investigational BTK inhibitor evobrutinib in multiple sclerosis.

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