
Treatment with SK Life Science’s cenobamate showed higher responder rates than placebo, regardless of baseline seizure frequency or disease duration.
Treatment with SK Life Science’s cenobamate showed higher responder rates than placebo, regardless of baseline seizure frequency or disease duration.
The director of pediatric epilepsy and professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic details the rampant acceleration of telemedicine and how her practice is adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first study to assess the effect of endovascular therapy added on to intravenous thrombolysis uncovered more evidence of its effect on specific occlusions rather than overall outcomes.
The founding executive director and chief science officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation detailed what he foresees the future of Alzheimer and dementia care to look like with telemedicine as a more permanent aspect of care.
The positron emission tomography tau tracer was shown to identify high levels of Alzheimer disease neuropathologic change and neurofibrillary tangles with good sensitivity and specificity.
The director of the Stroke Center at Banner-University Medicine Neuroscience Institute spoke to the need for data like that from the TELECAST study and how the COVID-19 pandemic might push telestroke care forward.
Early treatment with Ionis Pharmaceuticals’s inotersen resulted in greater long-term disease stabilization than delayed initiation.
The COX-2 inhibitor was OK’d for the treatment of acute migraine in adults with or without aura more than 20 years after the drug's initial approval for pain indications.
The case-based reports ultimately suggest that more data collection is required, but highlight the observations of more than 60 patients, including a 5-patient cohort with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine detailed the advancements that have been made with OSA treatment devices.
Data led the authors to believe that vitamin D might have neuroprotective properties and that levels may be a prognostic marker of long-term cognition and neuroaxonal integrity.
This retrospective cohort study suggests that rituximab is more effective than conventional immunotherapy and might most impactful if initiated within 12 months of symptom onset in myasthenia gravis.
The assistant professor of neurology at the University of Washington in St. Louis discussed the need for a systemic, multi-specialist approach to cerebral palsy and provided the main takeaways from her and her colleagues’ work.
The exercise and physical activity recommendations were tailored to individuals with differing disability levels on the Expanded Disability Status Scale.
The director of the Stroke Center at Banner-University Medicine Neuroscience Institute discussed how data from the TELECAST trial impact existing literature and the areas of improvement for the current use of telemedicine for stroke.
Treatment with fenfluramine was associated with greater seizure reduction, which in turn improved executive function over time in patients with Dravet syndrome.
In an update to the 2016 practice advisory, new data have shifted recommendations to include the consideration of PFO closure for select patients under the age of 60.
Evry will soon be commercially available in the US and will provide MRI imaging to patients in critical care settings.
The professor of neurology at NYU Langone discussed the risk of COVID-19 in patients with neurological disorders.
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The founding executive director and chief science officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation spoke to the way the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the use of telemedicine for the elderly with conditions like Alzheimer and dementia.
Banner Life Science’s novel fumarate bioequivalent alternative to Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate; Biogen) enters the market as a new oral treatment option for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
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The director of the Montefiore Headache Center discussed recent study findings on ubrogepant and offered insight into the possible future of the gepant class in migraine.
An emphasis on at-home care as well as reducing the risk of seizure exacerbation are among a list of notable recommendations to help optimize clinical care for patients with epilepsy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The assistant professor of neurology at the University of Washington in St. Louis detailed the ­­factors that may contribute to these inconsistencies in cerebral palsy diagnosis and what role neurologists should play.
The founding executive director and chief science officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation discussed the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the care of patients with Alzheimer disease and dementias.
Educational sessions led by experts in multiple sclerosis will be held May 26-29, 2020.
Janssen’s S1P receptor modulator ponesimod showed its superiority to teriflunomide on annualized relapse rates, fatigue symptoms, MRI activity, brain atrophy, and NEDA-3 in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.
The professor of neurology at NYU Langone detailed the neurologic symptoms that have been observed in patients with COVID-19.