Dementia May Be Underdiagnosed in States With Motor Vehicle Reporting Mandates
(MedPage Today) -- Mandating clinicians to report drivers with dementia may be associated with missed or delayed dementia diagnoses, a cross-sectional study of primary care providers suggested.
Clinicians in states that required them to report... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 26, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy?
(MedPage Today) -- Seizures were triggered by exposure to cold due to reflex epilepsy (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 26, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Cause of Missouri Doc's Death; NBA Star's Bell's Palsy; Huge Data Breach at Kaiser
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John Forsyth, MD, the Missouri emergency physician whose death last May drew national attention and online speculation, died by suicide, according to Arkansas authorities... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 26, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Warning Letters Safely Lowered Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia
(MedPage Today) -- Overprescribing warning letters modestly cut the use of antipsychotic medications without apparent repercussion in people with dementia, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial indicated.
Compared with primary care physicians... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 25, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Alzheimer's Drug Skepticism; Safeguarding Brain Data; Benefits of Stimulating Jobs
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians treating Alzheimer's patients discussed why they're hesitant to prescribe lecanemab (Leqembi). (Reuters)
Researchers reviewed the role of neurofilament proteins in multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
From Neurointerventional Radiologist to 'Grey's Anatomy' Sonographer
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to "Medical Mavericks," a series from MedPage Today featuring interviews with healthcare professionals working in unconventional fields of health and medicine.
We spoke with Darren Orbach, MD, PhD, co-director of the... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Novel Drug Made of Gold Nanocrystals Appears Safe in Multiple Sclerosis
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- An oral suspension of clean-surfaced gold nanocrystals known as CNM-Au8 was safe and well-tolerated in patients with stable relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic optic neuropathy, the long-term open... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 22, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Multiple Sclerosis Predicted by Autoantibody Signature
(MedPage Today) -- A specific autoantibody signature was seen in a subset of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) long before clinical symptoms appeared, blood samples showed.
A distinct set of autoantibodies emerged in approximately 10% of MS... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 20, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Novel Treatment Appears to Show Benefit in ALS
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- A novel treatment candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) met its primary safety and secondary endpoints in the phase IIb PARADIGM trial.
ALS patients treated with PrimeC -- a formulation of two FDA-approved... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 19, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
No New Safety Signals Seen With Migraine Prevention Drug
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- No new safety signals emerged with daily atogepant (Qulipta) for migraine prevention, an interim analysis of a long-term safety extension study showed, and improvements in efficacy were sustained.
After an average... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 16, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Possible Pulmonary Benefit With Viltolarsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Viltolarsen (Viltepso) was well tolerated by boys and men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), with no new safety signals, according to results from the open-label, phase II Galactic53 trial.
The results also... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 16, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- A high seizure burden derived by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was associated with worse outcomes, a retrospective analysis showed.
Hospitalized patients who had a high seizure burden based on a point... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 16, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
I'm an Autistic Doctor. Here's How to Improve Care for Autistic Patients.
(MedPage Today) -- In 1983, I signed up for a paper route at the age of 13. Every morning, I rose early, got on my bike, picked up the papers, and delivered them to my subscribers. After that, I headed off to school and my other activities. I was... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 13, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The Dying Brain; Obesity Drugs and MS; NurOwn Tries Again
(MedPage Today) -- New research about the dying brain suggested the line between consciousness and death may not be distinct. (The Guardian)
A single fecal microbiota transplantation induced mild but sustained effects on motor symptoms in early... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 9, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Newborn Screening for SMA Appears to Offer Functional Benefits
(MedPage Today) -- Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) identified by newborn screening showed better motor development with disease-modifying treatment than those diagnosed after symptom onset, a German cohort study showed.
Nine out of... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 9, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
