Neurology News

Xarelto was superior to aspirin for lowering the risk for recurrent stroke or systemic embolism among individuals with left ventricular dysfunction, according to results of a post hoc exploratory analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Cognitive impairment occurred relatively often within several months of patients having had COVID-19, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Prescriptions for Z-hypnotics, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, and benzodiazepines have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lifetime physical activity did not appear to increase risk for ALS, whereas occupational physical activity seemed to be a risk factor for the disease, according to study results published in Neurology.

Healio Neurology featured some of the major stories from the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting.

Autoimmune encephalitis occurred occasionally among a cohort of patients after having had COVID-19, according to study results published in Neurology.

In this video from the Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association, Jennifer Frontera, MD, discussed a plenary session, "Hypoxic/Anoxic Injury in the CNS."

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that it is “strengthening the way it communicates about sex and gender in recommendation statements,” according to a press release.

Among patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, cervical spinal cord injury was more severe and led to worse neurological and functional outcomes compared with those with only spinal cord injury, but survival was not affected.

LXB improved all measures of function and work productivity among patients with idiopathic hypersomnia, according to findings presented at the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting.