Neurology News

Study results published in JAMA Neurology show higher odds of seizures during rewarming correlate with death or disability at 2 years in infants at risk, demonstrating the need for EEG monitoring during rewarming.

Boys with autism spectrum disorder who received 10 mg/kg of a suramin IV infusion known as PAX-101 experienced greater improvements in symptoms than those who received 20 mg/kg of the same treatment or placebo, data show.

Mortality from Parkinson’s disease increased significantly between 1999 and 2019, according to study results published in Neurology.

A study published in Neurology found that the risk of rupture in familial unruptured intracranial aneurysms, or UIAs, is higher than in sporadic UIAs.

Patients infected with influenza are more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 10 years after infection when compared with controls, according to data published in JAMA Neurology.

Orthostatic hypotension and anxiety may contribute to fatigue in patients with types of multiple system atrophy, a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder, according to a Chinese study published in Neurology.

Older adults frequently used medication to treat sleep difficulties, according to study results presented at Psych Congress.

Preoperative presence of REM sleep behavior disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease did not correlate with different clinical outcome 1 year after subthalamic deep brain stimulation, according to a study published in Neurology.

Patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type glioblastoma who used levetiracetam for the duration of chemoradiation may have a higher overall survival rate, according to an observational, retrospective cohort study in Neurology.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for ANI Pharmaceutical’s Cortrophin Gel to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and certain other autoimmune diseases, according to a company press release.