Neurology

Ubrogepant Eases Acute Migraine Pain, New Data Confirm Final results from the ACHIEVE II randomized, placebo-controlled trial confirm the safety and efficacy of the CGRP antagonist for acute migraine. FDA action is expected next month.
News, November 20, 2019
New Agent May Improve Seizure Control in Resistant Epilepsy Adjunctive cenobamate is linked to greater decreases in seizure frequency and higher responder rates than placebo in patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsy, a new phase 2 trial suggests.
News, November 19, 2019
Smartwatch for AF Detection: Has the Time Come? In a large-scale 'virtual study' that had more than 400,000 participants, the Apple Watch flagged atrial fibrillation, a major risk factor for stroke, with high accuracy.
News, November 15, 2019
Americans Losing Sleep Over Late-Night Binge Watching Up to 95% of Americans lose sleep because they stay up late to 'binge-watch' television shows, national survey results show.
News, November 13, 2019
SUNFISH: Risdiplam Meets Primary Endpoint in SMA Risdiplam, an oral investigational agent designed to increase and sustain SMN protein levels of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), met the primary endpoint in the pivotal part 2 of the SUNFISH trial.
News, November 13, 2019
WCN 2019 Environmental Contamination Linked to Neurologic Disorders Contaminants in air, water, and food are linked directly or epidemiologically to neurologic diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders. Nanoparticle solids and endocrine disruptors are major factors.
News, November 12, 2019
Pediatric Concussion Consensus Limited by Weak Evidence New recommendations for the prevention, evaluation, and management of concussion in youth athletes are limited by the quantity and quality of evidence in the literature.
News, November 11, 2019
Vascular Risk in 30s Linked to Brain Pathology at 70 The results suggest that vascular risk monitoring should begin earlier than it currently occurs in order to prevent future dementia risk, researchers say.
News, November 07, 2019
Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation May Head Off Migraine With Vertigo External trigeminal nerve stimulation may be an effective treatment for acute vestibular migraine even when applied well into an attack, a small study suggests.
News, November 07, 2019
Don't Take Sleep Lightly: Insomnia Symptoms Tied to Stroke, MI Insomnia symptoms are associated with an increased risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, and other cardio-cerebral vascular disease in a dose-dependent manner.
News, November 06, 2019
New Guidance on Best Approach for TBI Rehab A comparison of four TBI rehab interventions suggests treatment intensity vs time spent in treatment and a greater focus on real-life activities were strong predictors of better patient outcomes.
News, November 05, 2019
Pro Soccer Players at High Risk for Death From Alzheimer's, ALS Professional soccer players appear to be at considerably increased risk for death from neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's.
News, November 05, 2019
Endothelial Dysfunction Linked to Risk for Future Cancer Microvascular endothelial dysfunction, a common early sign of cardiovascular disease, could also be a marker for predicting risk for solid-tumor cancer, a preliminary study suggests.
News, November 01, 2019
Smell Test, Cognitive Screen Combo May Help Rule Out Dementia A combination of brief memory and smell tests helped identify almost 97% of people in a study who did not progress to AD over time.
News, November 01, 2019
Intrathecal Trials of AVXS-101 (Zolgensma) in SMA Halted The partial hold on trials of intrathecal administration stem from safety concerns in animals and does not affect Zolgensma intravenous infusion, which is already approved for spinal muscular atrophy.
News, October 31, 2019
Aspirin May Decrease Intracranial Aneurysm Growth The benefits of low-dose aspirin for patients with CVD are well established. A retrospective review suggests it may also decrease the growth rate of brain aneurysms.
News, October 31, 2019
Bedtime Dosing of Hypertension Meds Reduces CV Events A large randomized study has shown a sizable reduction in events in patients taking blood pressure lowering medication at night rather than in the morning.
News, October 31, 2019
More Controversy Over Statins in Primary Prevention A new analysis suggests that statin use in low-risk patients "may be an example of low value care . . . and, in some cases, represent a waste of healthcare resources," researchers say.
News, October 30, 2019
'Spike' Detection Program Promising to Diagnose Epilepsy on EEG The program, called SpikeNet, was developed by analyzing multiple expert opinions on thousands of EEG readings and shows better diagnostic accuracy than individual human experts.
News, October 28, 2019
Visual Dysfunction: An Underrecognized Symptom of Parkinson's? A large health survey has that found visual problems are more than twice as common in individuals with Parkinson's compared to the general population.
News, October 25, 2019

Neurology

About

Membership

Apps

WebMD Network

Editions

Neurology

Find Us On

About

Membership

Apps

WebMD Network

Editions