Neurology News

Tau PET imaging successfully predicted longitudinal changes in cognition among individuals with varying degrees of cognitive function, according to results from a prognostic study published in JAMA Neurology.

Numerous factors, including racism, socioeconomic and insurance status, and geographical disparities, contributed to “inequities” in treating headache disorders, according to the authors of a literature review published in Neurology.

A study from Israel, where vaccination for COVID reached most of the population older than 16 years, showed older patients, post-transplant patients and those with advanced liver disease produced less immune response to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Among patients who experienced a moderate to severe migraine attack, IV treatment with Vyepti shortened time to headache and symptom resolution compared with placebo, according to results from a randomized clinical trial.

A survey of community neurologists demonstrated four primary themes associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in this group, specifically highlighting “the unusual environment” in which these providers practice.

Men with non-motor characteristics indicative of prodromal Parkinson’s disease exhibited poorer cognitive performance than men without these characteristics, according to cross-sectional study results published in BMJ Neurology Open.

The AMA announced that it recently adopted a policy that will support removing a person’s sex designation from the public portion of birth certificates.

A session from SLEEP on pediatric sleep medicine that was intended for technologists focused on helping these professionals “deliver top quality care to even the youngest of patients,” according to the session’s chair.

Younger adults born early preterm experienced up to a 42% greater risk for stroke compared with those born full term, an association not entirely explained by genetic or environmental factors, according to data published in Stroke.

The baseline assessment of the quality of neurologic care reported in the Axon Registry demonstrated modest performance scores and variability across measures and providers, according to study results published in Neurology.