Neurology News

Individuals with narcolepsy were significantly more likely to have sleep, mood and pain disorders compared with matched controls, indicating where treatment may best target common comorbidities, according to new research from Sleep Advances.

Migraine is a complex neurological disease that disproportionately affects women during their most productive years.

A progressive neurodegenerative condition, ALS has no cure, with diagnosis often a result of protracted clinical evaluation that may take more than a year to accurately determine.

Sleep disturbance at age 10 years was associated with a greater risk for suicidal ideation and behavior by age 12, underscoring the importance of sleep in the prevention of youth suicide, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, semaglutide was associated with a significantly lower risk for an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis within 3 years compared with other diabetes medications, according to a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD, discusses his presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, “Sleep Disorders and Cardiometabolic Health.”

A deep learning system achieved an accuracy of more than 90% in distinguishing arteritic from nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy using only color fundus images, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The European Medicines Agency has granted orphan drug designation to a small molecule intended to treat spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, according to the manufacturer.

A genetic analysis of postmortem brains from individuals in various stages of Alzheimer’s disease revealed two distinct phases of cell deterioration, according to research published in Nature Neuroscience.

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