Neurology

Tirzepatide reduced OSA symptoms and body weight in study participants with severe OSA and obesity, regardless of use of positive airway pressure therapy.

Labeling for triptan medications warns of potential for ischemic events but is the concern theoretical or real? A new study tests the association.

AAN: 70% of participants reached ≥50% reduction in MMDs at weeks 13-16 that was consistent for 48 weeks in an interim analysis of a 156-week open-label trial.

The AHS recommends the migraine-specific preventive medications be prescribed first, with no requirements to "fail" other treatments for eligibility.

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Migraine was the most important nontraditional risk factor linked to stroke in adults aged 18 to 34 years and should be considered in evaluation for an event.

Atogepant was associated with fewer monthly migraine days, fewer acute medication use days, and greater QoL compared with rimegepant after 12 weeks.

The phase 4 APPRAISE trial found greater efficacy with erenumab after failure with 1 or 2 other preventives vs ongoing treatment with the nonspecific oral agents.

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Even activity levels considered "insufficient" by guideline standards were found protective against stroke in this new systematic review and meta-analysis.

A man in his eighties presents to the ED after 1 week of persistent bilateral leg weakness and dysgeusia that has not worsened. What's your Dx?

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The surprise request for review of the phase 3 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ-2 clinical trial findings will delay the original PDUFA timing beyond first quarter 2024.

Patients who had microplastics and nanoplastics in their carotid plaque were at more than a fourfold risk for MI, stroke, or death compared to those who did not, according to a new study.

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Women with migraine and persistent VMS faced double the risk of CVD and triple the risk of stroke, reported researchers.

Which city has the highest depression rate? Or the fewest work hours? Find the answers and more insights from a nationwide analysis, here.

The accuracy of the test in detecting Aβ and tau pathology underscores its potential to become an accessible and cost effective tool for Alzheimer diagnosis.

The risk for cardiovascular outcomes increased with more frequent reported cannabis use per month, according to results from a large national study.

Atogepant once daily reduced mean monthly headache days in adults for whom up to 4 classes of oral migraine preventives were ineffective.

At 3 months following ischemic stroke, lower mean oxygen saturation but not apnea-hypopnea index was associated with functional deficits, according to a French research team.

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