Neurology News

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new blood test to detect epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in patients with glioma — one of the most common brain cancers in adults.

Symptoms of insomnia and sleep apnea were associated with a 56% increased risk for all-cause mortality, researchers reported in Sleep Epidemiology.

Healthy dietary habits and an active lifestyle were associated with a lower rate of all-cause mortality in adults with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Blinkcns Inc. and the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization at the Medical University of South Carolina have announced a licensing agreement to advance blink reflex technology and software EyeStat.

Most patients with mild traumatic brain injury and a negative CT scan experience incomplete recovery and should undergo a follow-up exam 2 weeks after injury to improve rehabilitation, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

In patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, disease reactivation occurred within months of cessation of disease-modifying therapy but was reduced after starting a new treatment, according to a study published in Neurology.

Although thrombectomy was linked with improved functional recovery in patients with pre-stroke disability, it might also increase the risk for survival with significant disability, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Initiating tobacco use during childhood was associated with inferior cognitive function and reduced brain structure, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Dimethyl fumarate was safe and lowered relapse rates for up to 5 years in Black and Hispanic/Latino patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, according to a poster at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers annual meeting.

Pregnant women with epilepsy had higher rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms during and after pregnancy compared with women who were pregnant only or had epilepsy only, according to data published in Neurology.