Neurology News

AUSTIN, Texas — Venous manometry and neuroimaging may provide additional value when diagnosing patients who do not meet criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension, according to a poster presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — At least 30% of Alzheimer’s disease cases can be prevented through lifestyle modifications, Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA, said in this Healio video from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

AUSTIN, Texas — The use of remote electrical neuromodulation in adolescents with acute migraine was safe and efficacious as a nonpharmacological treatment option, according to a poster presented here.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to DTx-1252, an investigational small interfering RNA therapeutic to treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A.

AUSTIN, Texas — Significant improvement was reported in children who have follow-up visits to a headache clinic, although Black patients and patients on Medicaid were less likely to complete these visits, according to data presented here.

AUSTIN, Texas — A combination of THC and CBD administered via vaporization was beneficial in migraine treatment, relieving pain and patients’ most bothersome symptoms, according to a study presented here.

Taking a multivitamin everyday improved memory in older adults compared with placebo, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

AUSTIN, Texas — Hispanic patients with headache disorders were overall satisfied with telemedicine services, regardless of English language proficiency, according to a poster presented here.

AUSTIN, Texas — Specialty office visits for chronic migraine were significantly reduced in individuals who participated in a group telemedicine program, according to research presented at the American Headache Society’s annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS — Insomnia may be significantly associated with more and lengthier influenza-like illness episodes per year, Gary Garcia-Molina, PhD, senior principal scientist at Sleep Number Corp., explains in this video at SLEEP 2023.