Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Adolescents with migraine need smooth handoff to adult care
One goal of migraine management in adolescents and young adults should be to prevent adulthood chronicity.
Literature Review
RNA therapeutics will ‘change everything’ in epilepsy
“We now have the potential to change the way genetic epilepsies are treated by addressing the underlying genetic cause of the disease instead of...
Conference Coverage
Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy safe, effective at 4 years
“What’s really striking, and in my mind the most impressive, is that when you follow these patients out 3 or 4 years ... you see there is this...
Conference Coverage
In myasthenia gravis, antibodies pass open-label tests
New class of therapies interfere with IgG recycling and have similar efficacy across multiple cycles of treatment.
FDA/CDC
FDA okays drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The approval of vamorolone “provides people living with Duchenne, and their families, a powerful tool to treat the disease, while limiting some...
Latest News
Neurologic nuggets of wisdom for pediatric practice
Overall, actual seizures are less common than other neurologic events in children.
Conference Coverage
Promising new therapies for managing Tourette syndrome
One new device is “really exciting...It’s not invasive and is quite simple to use and could help a lot of people with Tourette syndrome.”
News from the FDA/CDC
New meningococcal vaccine wins FDA approval
The vaccine “has the potential to protect more adolescents and young adults from this severe and unpredictable disease by providing the broadest...
From the Journals
Are migraine preventives underused in young adults?
While researchers suggest their findings could show underuse of preventive migraine medications in young adults, an expert notes the reality is...
Literature Review
New guidelines for determining brain death released
For the first time, the guidance clarifies that clinicians don’t need to obtain consent before performing a brain death evaluation, unless...
Literature Review
CTE common among young athletes in largest brain donor study
“A lot of people think CTE is a result of high-level, professional play such as football, ice hockey, and boxing, but it can affect amateur...