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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

Oct 21, 2024
Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care

Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health

Oct 21, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

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

Oct 20, 2024
Myasthenia Gravis Patients May Use Less Steroids After Starting Efgartigimod

Insurance claims data show lower glucocorticoid usage at 1 year

Oct 20, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

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

Myasthenia Gravis Patients May Use Less Steroids After Starting Efgartigimod

Insurance claims data show lower glucocorticoid usage at 1 year

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Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo

The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable

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What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy?

Seizures were triggered by exposure to cold due to reflex epilepsy

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Transient Left-Sided Weakness, Facial Palsy in Middle-Age Man

Timely recognition of this rare phenomenon considered crucial to prevent recurrent stroke

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

No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery

Oct 20, 2024
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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

Oct 19, 2024
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Gene Therapy Details Revealed in Duchenne Trial

Differences between delandistrogene moxeparvovec and placebo emerge in secondary outcomes

Oct 18, 2024
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Stroke Survivors Still Prescribed a 'Concerning' Amount of Benzos

Red flag in nationwide data despite improvement since 2013

Oct 17, 2024
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Continuous Parkinson's Disease Therapy Wins FDA Nod

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

Oct 17, 2024
FDA APPROVED foscarbidopa and foslevodopa (Vyalev) over a computer rendering of Lewy bodies.
Kids' Neurodevelopment Appears Unharmed by Maternal COVID Infection

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

Oct 17, 2024
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Nipocalimab Shows Sustained Efficacy in Myasthenia Gravis

Phase III trial met primary endpoint at 6 months

Oct 16, 2024
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Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody Shows Positive Results in Myasthenia Gravis

Topline phase III data show inebilizumab met primary endpoint

Oct 15, 2024
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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

Oct 15, 2024
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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

Oct 15, 2024
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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

Oct 15, 2024
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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

Oct 14, 2024
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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

Oct 11, 2024
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Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD

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Oct 11, 2024
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