Neurology News

Historically in the United States, Medicare has not had the legal authority to negotiate the prices of drugs. Essentially, drug prices were unregulated.

A new clinical decision rule could help physicians determine which older ED patients who experienced a fall will require imaging, according to a study published in CMAJ.

ORLANDO — For a small cohort of individuals with focal epilepsy, “neighborhood disadvantage” was associated with poorer cognition including learning, memory and executive function, according to a poster.

ORLANDO — For those with epileptic seizures, male sex and increased age at onset, as well as a history of partial seizures carried the greatest risk of mortality in a cohort of individuals after 30 years, according to a poster.

ORLANDO — Self-managing programs to address comorbidities in patients with epilepsy require more education and independence from the creators, according to a poster.

The presence of decayed, filled and missing teeth was associated with increased risk for stroke and death, especially among Black participants vs. white participants in the ARIC study, according to a subanalysis published in Stroke.

ORLANDO — In Health care, and epilepsy care specifically, greater preparation communication and innovation are required to maintain a standard of care when the next major crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic arises, according to a presenter.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent expanding existing protections for ANAVEX2-73, a drug potentially effective in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

ORLANDO — Patients with seizures who were given point-of-care electroencephalography had shorter time to initiation and shorter hospital stays compared with those given conventional EEG, according to research.

ORLANDO — Caregivers of patients in the U.K. with Dravet syndrome would benefit from better communication, access to health care and increased psychosocial interventions, per a poster at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.