Pediatric Neurology News

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Michael Fisher, MD, highlights the sessions and presentations at the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

Concussions sustained by 5- to 12-year-old patients are more likely to be the result of recreational play than sports, according to a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Doxycycline was safe and may be effective as adjunctive therapy to antiseizure medication in young people with nodding syndrome, according to research from Lancet Global Health.

Children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 or an inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection who experience severe neurological manifestations may be at a higher risk for long-term impairment, a study found.

The FDA has announced approval of a label expansion for Elevidys to include patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged 4 years and older with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene.

SAN DIEGO — In a small cohort of young people, use of gepants to treat headache led to some therapeutic benefit and led to few adverse events, according to a poster from the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — For younger people with migraine, lidocaine injections were linked to better outcomes compared with saline injections, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Obtaining serum vitamin levels in children with migraine should be part of symptom management, particularly for older adolescents, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

A study identified a link between poor sleep and hypertension in children and teenagers, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Approximately one in five parents responding to a national survey reported giving their child melatonin for sleep, researchers reported.