This Week on NeurologyLive — March 1, 2021

Every week, the NeurologyLive staff prepares this preview of what to expect from our coverage. This week on NeurologyLive, there are a number of hot topics that we will be posting throughout the week. As always, our weekly coverage extends beyond just these topics, so make sure to check out the rest of the site!

The NeurologyLive team is still conducting coverage of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum 2021 this week, including a number of news items publishing today. The meeting kicked off virtually last week, and our coverage will extend into the next few weeks. You can expect to see coverage of some of the top clinical presentations, as well as interviews with the experts about the ongoing conversations and themes in multiple sclerosis care.

To check out the latest ACTRIMS 2021 coverage, click here.

On Tuesday, March 2, the NeurologyLive Cure Connections series, "The Migraine Patient Journey: Episodic Migraine and CGRP Inhibitors," has been made available. This group conversation is moderated by Philippa Cheetham, MBChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS, and includes Jessica Ailani, MD, a headache specialist at MedStar Georgetown, and Jill Dehlin, RN, a patient advocate. The conversation offers patient and clinician insight regarding the challenges associated with migraine and best approaches to preventing and managing attacks with lifestyle intervention and newer therapies.

To catch up on our available Cure Connections series, click here.

The latest in our NeuroVoices series, dedicated to conversations with leaders in the neurology community, will go live this Wednesday, March 3. This rendition features Dylan Rice, a clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital. Rice stopped by to discuss his poster presented at the recently concluded ACTRIMS 2021 Forum, which involved using an electronic smart cap system to track and boost levels of adherence in patients with multiple sclerosis who take daily disease-modifying therapies.

To check out the prior NeuroVoices conversations, click here.

A conversation with William Noah, MD, director and founder of the Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee, will air during NeurologyLive's segment on the Medical World News channel this Thursday, March 4, 2021. Noah discussed how integrating positive airway pressure therapy into sleep care benefitted patients’ understanding of the benefits of the therapy, and how receiving care from integrated sleep practices streamlines and simplifies communications between doctors and patients.

To check out what's on the Medical World News channel now, click here.

In case you missed it: Episode 30 of the NeurologyLive "Mind Moments" podcast went live on Friday last week. The episode features Jennifer Martin, PhD, a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's (AASM) board of directors and professor of medicine at UCLA. She discusses the benefits of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, its efficacy compared to pharmacological treatments, and the recent AASM guidance on its use.

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