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Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) 2018

June 16 - 19, 2018; Lisbon, Portugal

June 16 - 19, 2018 Lisbon, Portugal

EAN Rasagiline Added to Riluzole in ALS May Help 'Fast Progressors' Adding rasagiline to riluzole did not extend survival, the primary endpoint, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but post hoc analysis suggests it may benefit those deemed 'fast progressors.'
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2018
EAN Long-term DBS Linked to Less Psychosis, Falls in Parkinson's Ten-year follow-up of patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent subthalamic deep-brain stimulation (DBS) shows they had lower risk for psychosis and falls than those not receiving DBS.
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2018
EAN Most Deaths Among Kids With Epilepsy Due to Infection A new study shows that only about 10 of 88 deaths in children with epilepsy were due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
Medscape Medical News, June 19, 2018

Conference News

EAN CBT Improves Function, Reduces Fatigue in Muscular Dystrophy
Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2018
EAN New EAN Guideline on Palliative Care in MS
Medscape Medical News, June 26, 2018
EAN Metformin Linked to Lower Mortality in Diabetes With Dementia
Medscape Medical News, June 26, 2018
EAN Rasagiline Added to Riluzole in ALS May Help 'Fast Progressors'
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2018
EAN Long-term DBS Linked to Less Psychosis, Falls in Parkinson's
Medscape Medical News, June 21, 2018

EAN Most Deaths Among Kids With Epilepsy Due to Infection
Medscape Medical News, June 19, 2018
EAN Elderly Stroke Patients May Benefit From Thrombectomy
Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2018
EAN Faulty Insulin Secretion Key to Glucose Dysregulation in PD?
Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2018
EAN Fourth EAN Meeting Tackles Theme of Neurogenetics
Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2018

Popular News from EAN 2017

Robust Association Between Migraine and Sleep Apnea Results from the CaMEO study suggest that if migraine and sleep apnea are linked, then treating the apnea might reduce headache frequency.
Medscape Medical News, Jun 26, 2017
Treating Subclinical Hypothyroidism May Help Migraine Patients with migraine and subclinical hypothyroidism who receive thyroid treatment have significantly fewer and less severe headaches, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, July 05, 2017
Wide Variation in ED Management of Traumatic Brain Injury European emergency departments vary widely on how they define mild traumatic brain injury and use related guidelines, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, June 27, 2017

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