Neurology News

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who used positive airway pressure consistently for 4 hours or more per night over 3 years had lower health care costs than patients with infrequent use, according to results published in CHEST.

ORLANDO — Although effective treatments have been established for those with epilepsy, there is a need for more and novel therapies, which face barriers of efficacy and access, according to a presenter.

The first two female pediatric patients with Rett syndrome have been dosed in an ongoing phase 1/2 trial of investigational AAV9 gene therapy NGN-401, according to the manufacturer.

Small HDL particles play a significant role in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, and an inherited gene present in one in four people hinders its production in the brain, increasing risk for cognitive decline, a speaker reported.

The FDA has granted fast track designation for KYV-101, an autologous, fully human CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell product candidate, to treat myasthenia gravis.

ORLANDO — Adults with epilepsy who were given medical cannabis recorded a significant decrease in weekly seizure frequency, according to a poster from the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.

ORLANDO — A home-based mental health program for individuals with epilepsy was effective in detecting symptoms of depression and suicidality, according to a poster.

Senior physicians cared for fewer patients in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as those with Medicaid compared with their junior colleagues within the same practice, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

Patients with concussion who underwent testing with eye-tracking technology had lower saccade performance, supporting the use of these tests to help guide rehabilitation for concussion, according to research in Optometry and Vision Science.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for marketing of an ablation system that creates radiofrequency lesions in nervous tissue for functional neurosurgical procedures, according to the manufacturer.