Research Summaries

Elderly Patients
Elderly Patients
03/06/2019
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in older adults has increased. Because this patient population is understudied, researchers assessed the impact of MS in terms of clinical severity, therapy safety, and...
03/06/2019
Treatment
Treatment
03/06/2019
Guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology recommend stopping disease modifying therapy in those without relapsing MS and who are nonambulatory. Researchers of a study presented at ACTRIMS Forum 2019...
03/06/2019
Nutrition
Nutrition
03/01/2019
Researchers analyzed the effects of tea, coffee, and soft drinks on the disability and fatigue experienced by patients with multiple sclerosis. Results were presented at ACTRIMS 2019.
03/01/2019
Neurology
Neurology
03/01/2019
In hopes of improving disease monitoring and treatment, researchers of a study presented at the ACTRIMS Forum evaluated vascular contributions to multiple sclerosis pathology.
03/01/2019
new medications
new medications
02/11/2019
Aspirin and clopidogrel are known to reduce early recurrence of stroke, but the benefits do not last. A new study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of cilostazol dual therapy with cilostazol for...
02/11/2019
Dementia
Dementia
02/07/2019
In studying the population of bacteria and microbes in the intestines, researchers determined the effect of “bugs” on memory disorder.
02/07/2019
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure
01/29/2019
The National Institutes of Health released final results of its SPRINT MIND study that details whether intensive blood pressure control affects the occurrence of dementia.
01/29/2019
tonic-clonic seizure
tonic-clonic seizure
01/15/2019
Researchers have identified several risk factors for SUDEP. However, the majority of SUDEP cases appear to be linked to epilepsy-related cardio-respiratory autonomic dysfunction.
01/15/2019
Seizure
Seizure
01/11/2019
The medication is to be used as an adjunctive therapy in adult and pediatric patients with complex partial seizures.
01/11/2019
Medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis
01/07/2019
After finding racial disparities in Alzheimer disease biomarkers, researchers say that the tools used to diagnose the illness may not as effectively apply to African Americans.
01/07/2019