FDA Approves Nonsteroidal Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duvyzat is the first nonsteroidal drug approved to treat patients with all genetic variants of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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Zephyrx Joins ALS Research Study
Zephyrx, a leading provider of end-to-end remote respiratory monitoring, has joined forces with EverythingALS on a new study to find a diagnosis, treatment, and cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
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How Does Cannabis Use Affect Brain Health?
The American Heart Association says some scientific evidence exists to challenge the belief that smoking marijuana is harmless and questions remain about its impact on brain health.
Prolonged Brain Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors: A Pandemic in its Own Right?
One in three survivors of COVID-19 suffered from neurologic or psychiatric disability six months after infection, a recent study of more than 200,000 post-COVID-19 patients showed.
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Noninvasive Ventilation for Patients with Neuromuscular/Neurodegenerative DiseasesÂ
Neuromuscular/neurodegenerative disease involves an often-progressive weakness in the muscles that eventually may affect the pulmonary system and a person’s ability to breathe.
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Rare Neurological Disorder Documented Following COVID-19 Vaccination
In two separate articles in the Annals of Neurology, clinicians in India and England report cases of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome after individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Nasal Spray Drug Delivery for Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists at the University of York have made progress in the development of a nasal spray...
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Prolonged Brain Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors: A Pandemic In Its Own Right?
One in three survivors of COVID-19 suffer from neurologic or psychiatric disability six months after infection, a recent study of more than 200,000 post-COVID-19 patients showed.
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A Large Percentage of Kids with MIS-C Have Neurological Symptoms, Study Finds
Early findings of a small study suggest that children who had coronavirus-linked MIS-C also developed neurological symptoms.
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Correlations Between COVID-19 Severity in Lungs, Related Neurological Conditions
CT lung imaging and MRI brain scans have detected a visual correlation between COVID-19 disease...
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Can Sleep Heal Traumatic Brain Injuries?
Sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, according to a new study of military veterans published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
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FDA Approves Targeted Treatment for Rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutation
The US FDA granted approval for Amondys 45 (casimersen) injection for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon 45 skipping.
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Cases of ALS and FTD Linked to Mutation Associated with Huntington’s Disease
NIH researchers connected frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington’s disease.
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How COVID Attacks the Brain
A new study on how the coronavirus affects the nervous system has revealed that the viral invader attacks its victim’s brain cells.
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FDA Approves Viltepso for Rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutation
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Viltepso (viltolarsen) injection for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients with a specific gene mutation.
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