Neurosciences News

A study investigating nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy in the U.S. found notable prevalence in white men and Black men and women and frequent association with diabetes and high cholesterol levels.

BOSTON — Results from the long-term RESTORE study show patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy with ND4 mutation who were treated with Lumevoq had sustained improvement of best-corrected visual acuity in both eyes.

A remote telehealth model was suitable for managing patients with pseudotumor cerebri, according to a poster presented at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting.

The job of officiating in the professional arena is difficult and demanding. Sporting fans and players are generally unaware of the level of training required to become a competent and well-trained NFL game official.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension has grown substantially in the U.S. over the last 7 years, especially among young people, disproportionately affecting Black individuals.

An accelerated “papilledema protocol” in the emergency department, including prompt neuro-ophthalmology and neurology consults, blood pressure monitoring, MRI, MRV and lumbar puncture, could save patients’ vision and lives.

During a 2-year peri-COVID period, more cases of acute nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy were seen at a tertiary care center than during a previous 2-year period.

A 55-year-old man at Tufts Medical Center for hypovolemic shock due to a gastrointestinal hemorrhage was referred to the inpatient ophthalmology consult service for left eye acute painless inferior visual field loss upon waking.

Weekly tocilizumab 162 mg is recommended for giant cell arteritis in new or relapsing cases, alongside glucocorticoids that should eventually be tapered, according to an updated EULAR consensus statement on interleukin-6 inhibitors.

Horizon Therapeutics recently announced new MRI imaging data from a phase 3 clinical trial, which demonstrated that Uplizna reduced formation of asymptomatic optic nerve lesions in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.