The results highlight the importance of evaluating and monitoring cognitive function in individuals with recent critical illness or major infections, especially if they are already at risk for dementia.
Positive data announced from the pivotal part 2 of the SUNFISH trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of risdiplam in adult and pediatric patients with Type 2 or Type 3 SMA.
Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who use inappropriate antipsychotics may be at an increased risk for pneumonia compared with patients with PD who use more appropriate atypical antipsychotics.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial hold on clinical trials for the intrathecal administration of AVXS-101 (AveXis, a Novartis Company) in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 2.
Compared with the general population, patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have an increased risk of developing idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD), study results published in JAMA Neurology suggest. Published studies that included data on the risk for PD in patients with BD vs the general population without BD were included in a systematic review. A total…
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Compared with placebo, high dose aducanumab was associated with significant reduction of clinical decline in patients with early Alzheimer disease, as measured by the change from baseline in Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes score at 78 weeks.
