AAN has issued a practice guideline update for vaccine-preventable infections and immunizations for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). A subcommittee of the AAN — tasked with developing, disseminating and implementing these guidelines — found improvements and additions to the recommendations previously issued in 2002.
A study of former US professional football players found that the risk of self-reported indicators of low testosterone and erectile dysfunction increased with each successive quartile of concussion symptom score.
Overall, no link was found between rotating night-shift work history and MS risk in 2 large nurse cohorts.
Zonisamide, a sulfonamide anticonvulsant, demonstrated promising efficacy for the prophylactic treatment of chronic and episodic cluster headache disorders.
The International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group has updated standards for future clinical trials in pediatric multiple sclerosis.
Study demonstrated efficacy in improving communication with the clinician, lowering the number of visits, and improving the coordination of single-day multi-service and therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis
Older adults who regularly perform word and number puzzles have higher cognitive functioning than those who do not engage in such activities.
Investigators analyzed clinical and neuroimaging factors related to cognitive outcome after epilepsy surgery in childhood.
ASDs can facilitate the review of long-term EEG recordings to detect potential epileptiform activity and assist in artifact suppression.
Gerontologists, practicing ethicists, policymakers, and health practitioners should consider the structural conditions of long-term care that both foster aggression and constrain prevention efforts, according to this commentary.
