Neurology

News, opinions and meeting coverage in neurology.

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Ex-Gov. May Face Charges Over COVID; Autism Dx Up 175%; Can Fasting Help Kidneys?

Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Cognitive outcomes, biomarkers improved with nilotinib in phase II trial

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Brain Edema Risk May Be Lower With Modified Donanemab Dosing

Different regimen showed comparable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results

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We Can Better Protect Kids From Head Injury in Football

Making youth football safer requires a collective effort

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Alzheimer's Trials Investigated; Chronic Pain Predicted; Dementia Drugs and AMD

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Obesity May Raise Risk of Long COVID in Youth

Researchers observed dose-response relationship for increasing BMI and long COVID risk

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Going Beyond Hearing Aids for Equal Care Access

Hearing loss is only becoming more prevalent

Metformin and Congenital Abnormalities; Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia

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Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier

Safety shown with no difference in recurrent strokes

A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine

Three physicians face crossroads in patient care

Should I Offer My Patient the Option to End His Life?

The complexity of medical aid-in-dying laws

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A Case of Broca's Aphasia

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Ozempic Linked With Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Diagnosis

Large observational study suggests further research is warranted

EPA Imposes Stricter Standards to Protect Kids From Lead Paint Exposure

"There is no safe level of lead," said agency official

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Med Student Killed; Puberty Blocker Data Go Unpublished; Alzheimer's Trial Inquiry

Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff

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First Cases of New Neurology Syndrome Identified

Long non-coding RNA implicated in human disease

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Poor Sleep at Age 40 Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging

Sleep quality in early midlife predicted brain age 15 years later

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Sodium Channel Blocker Relieves Acute Pain in Phase III Data

Trials favor a first new class of pain drug in years

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MIND Diet and Cognitive Decline; Gene Therapy for Parkinson's; Curbing MS Fatigue

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Hearing Loss May Signal Early Parkinson's Disease

Early interventions with hearing aids attenuated the risk

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Daily Oral Edaravone for ALS No Better Than On/Off Regimen

Changes in CAFS, ALSFRS-R scores comparable at 48 weeks

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Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care

Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health

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Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

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Myasthenia Gravis Patients May Use Less Steroids After Starting Efgartigimod

Insurance claims data show lower glucocorticoid usage at 1 year

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Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Helps Keyhole Surgery, but Not Outcomes Per Se

No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery

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Sustained Disease Control in Adolescent Myasthenia Gravis With FcRn Blocker

Nipocalimab plus standard of care reduced IgG and was well tolerated

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Gene Therapy Details Revealed in Duchenne Trial

Differences between delandistrogene moxeparvovec and placebo emerge in secondary outcomes

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Stroke Survivors Still Prescribed a 'Concerning' Amount of Benzos

Red flag in nationwide data despite improvement since 2013

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Continuous Parkinson's Disease Therapy Wins FDA Nod

Round-the-clock infusion delivers carbidopa and levodopa pro-drugs

Kids' Neurodevelopment Appears Unharmed by Maternal COVID Infection

Study may ease fears about potential neurodevelopmental effects of fetal COVID exposure

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Nipocalimab Shows Sustained Efficacy in Myasthenia Gravis

Phase III trial met primary endpoint at 6 months

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Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody Shows Positive Results in Myasthenia Gravis

Topline phase III data show inebilizumab met primary endpoint

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Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal

Randomized trial showed no significant differences in length of treatment, neurobehavioral scores

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Alzheimer's-Heparin Link; Two Phases of Alzheimer's Damage; Prion Disease Testing

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves

"I will not survive this in the end -- I know that," says one patient

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Alzheimer's Drug in Smaller Vial Sizes Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions

Nearly 6% of lecanemab may be discarded each year

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Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer's and Dementia Risk

Feeling lonely also linked with cognitive impairment that's not dementia, meta-analysis shows

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Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD

Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk

10% of patients in trials leading to eli-cel's approval developed MDS or AML

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Some Cancers Occur More Frequently in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Bladder, brain, and cervical cancer risks were higher in people with MS

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