Neurology News

CHICAGO — Preference for using a movement-prompting rehabilitation device was higher among adults with mild Parkinson’s disease, with safety concerns growing in those with more advanced disease, according to research.

WASHINGTON — Among patients with Parkinson’s disease, obstructive sleep apnea and decreased cognition, CPAP therapy improved cognitive function, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

CHICAGO — Adults with tardive dyskinesia prescribed deutetrabenazine had better adherence and were less likely to discontinue treatment compared with those on valbenazine, although the differences were not statistically significant.

Following a healthy plant-based diet, Mediterranean diet, the MIND diet or having a high recommended food score at midlife was associated with a reduced risk for dementia, according to research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

CHICAGO — Use of an in-home therapy desk improved motor skills and balance and reduced sedentarism in adults with Parkinson’s disease, according to data at the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders World Congress.

People who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes develop cerebrovascular disease at younger ages, with the earliest onset and greatest risk seen in those with multiple pregnancies affected by complications, researchers reported.

Zachary A. Cordner, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, spoke with Healio about the relationship between sleep and depression and anxiety.

CHICAGO — Deep brain stimulation was a cost-effective and clinically efficacious option for advanced Parkinson’s disease compared with medical therapy for patients in the Vietnamese health care system, according to research.

Patients who reported cognitive deficits in the first month of a COVID-19 diagnosis were more likely to develop long COVID than those without perceived deficits, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

In a comparison of two cohorts, the rate of stroke was higher in East Asian adults than in white adults, though atrial fibrillation influenced the stroke rate equally in both groups, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2023.