Neurology News

In a recent editorial, researchers encouraged the normalization of medical emoji across the health care community, with the intent of providing accessible and effective means of communication to patients in the digital age.

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. released data showing Enspryng had a favorable benefit-risk profile and effectively reduced relapses over 4 years of treatment among people with a form of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Infectious mononucleosis in childhood, especially in adolescence, appeared to increase risk for an MS diagnosis, independent of shared familial factors, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

The American Academy of Neurology released a position statement that highlights the significant challenges high drug prices create for patients, physicians, health systems and payers.

Women were found to be underrepresented in clinical trials looking at stroke when compared to the prevalence of stroke among women in the disease population, according to study results published in Neurology.

For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion, contact aspiration and stent retriever therapy did not improve the rate of near-total or total reperfusion compared with stent retriever alone, concluded new results.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed problems within U.S. health care systems that would be prudent to address now before another medical crisis surfaces, experts cautioned during a recent webinar hosted by U.S. News & World Report.

The American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery released a position statement supporting the use of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Interventions that targeted vascular risk factors in a real-world setting did not appear to reduce dementia incidence in old age, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Neurology.

The FDA has issued voluntary guidelines that are intended to lower excess sodium intake from packaged, processed and prepared foods, the agency said.