Neurology News

Telemedicine offers the promise of increased efficiency during patient care, but in-person evaluations and relationships are too valuable to completely disregard, according to a debate session at EULAR 2022 Congress.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Researchers found that sleep variability, depression and age significantly predicted cognitive impairment at 10 years, according to a study presented here at SLEEP 2022.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sleep disturbances were found to be highly prevalent and pervasive in patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, Cinthya Pena Orbea, MD, said at the SLEEP meeting.

NEW ORLEANS – Autopsy results in otherwise healthy people who died from COVID-19 suggest that immunoglobulin therapy may be an effective treatment choice, Avindra Nath, MD, said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A history of COVID-19 nearly doubled the odds of having very short sleep, according to results from a large U.S. study presented at SLEEP 2022.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pupillary light reflex testing may hold potential in detecting a hyperarousal subtype of patients with insomnia, William Vaughn McCall, MD, said at the SLEEP 2022 meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The link between sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease involves multiple pathways and outcomes, Susan Redline, MD, MPH, Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said at SLEEP 2022.

Patients treated for stroke at non-urban hospitals in New Zealand experience poorer outcomes and face reduced access to crucial stroke interventions across the entire care spectrum, according to a study published in Neurology.

The FDA has extended its new drug application review of AMX0035, a combination of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol for the treatment of ALS, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced in a press release.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a likely cause for worsened disparities in buprenorphine and naltrexone access for opioid use disorder among minority groups compared with white patients, per a study published in JAMA Network Open.