AAN: American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Annual Meeting
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Parkinson's symptoms improved in new drug trials
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New Alzheimer's drug yields modest memory improvements
Major Finding: Patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease receiving either 30-60 mg or 100-200 mg of trial drug ORM-12741 twice daily saw a 4%...
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Depressed stroke survivors at increased risk of death
Major Finding: Individuals who had stroke and depression had a higher risk of dying of stroke in unadjusted (hazard ratio, 4.06) and adjusted (HR...
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Migraine with aura confers high CV risk in women
Major Finding: Cardiovascular events occurred with an incidence of 7.9 per 1,000 women per year among women who had migraine with aura, second...
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Intestinal Levodopa-Carbidopa for Parkinson's Reduced 'Off' Time
Major Finding: In a 12-week PD trial, patients on levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (Duodopa) had a mean 1.91 hours less off-time each day than...
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Pregabalin Tested Better for RLS Than Did Pramipexole
Major Finding: RLS patients treated for a year with 300 mg/day of pregabalin have an augmentation rate of 2.1%; those treated with 0.5 mg/day of...
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Effective Second-Line Agents Identified for Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Major Finding: A significantly greater percentage of patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis recovered fully within 2 years following...
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Risk Factors Identified for Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's
Major Finding: The peak dose of dopamine agonists was higher among Parkinson’s disease patients on dopamine agonists who developed impulse control...
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Rotigotine Patch Has Favorable Results in Parkinson's, Restless Legs
Major Finding: 8 mg/24 hours of transdermal rotigotine (Neupro) reduced off-time in advanced Parkinson’s disease patients by 2.4 hours per day...
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Status Epilepticus Hospitalizations Nearly Quadrupled Since 1980
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Fighters' Study Gives Clues to Brain Trauma Pathology
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Pregnancy, Contraception Data Highlighted in Epilepsy Registry
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Prediction Rule Targets Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs
Major Finding: A defined daily dose of antiepileptic drugs of greater than 3.5 was the single best predictor of side effects in a clinical...