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Challenging the Status Quo in Understanding MS
Research from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis challenges the notion that MS is mainly a white matter disease and states that gray matter pathology is a larger component.

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Is There an Underlying Biologic Relationship Between Parkinson's Disease and Diabetes?
Patients with diabetes have a higher risk for Parkinson's disease; however, researchers discover contradictory findings.

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Men Are More Likely to Have Mild Cognitive Impairment
Research presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology states that men are 44% more likely to have mild cognitive impairment compared to women.

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Advances in Neurogenetics, Neuromics Aid Understanding of Neurologic Disorders
Studies involving genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, single-gene neurogenetic disorders, parental relationships among patients with MS, and malformations of cortical development in children.

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Obesity Associated With Increased Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women
Increase in BMI and waist circumferance have correlated with increase in stroke in women while incidence of stroke in men remains the same.

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FDA Warns of Suicide Risk With Antiepileptic Drugs
The FDA has issued an alert to health care professionals, warning that patients who take antiepileptic drugs have approximately double the risk of suicidal behavior or ideation compared with patients given placebo.

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Multiple Genetic Factors May Lead to Alzheimer's Disease
Plasma β-amyloid levels are significantly elevated in first-degree relatives of patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease, and increase not attributable to APOE ε4 or to pathogenic coding mutations in the known early-onset Alzheimer's disease genes, researchers reported in the February 19 Neurology.

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• Can Genotypes Predict Response to MS Treatment?
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• Chronic Daily Headache—A Challenge for Pediatric Neurologists and Psychiatrists
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• Patients With Very Mild Dementia May Be Able to Drive Safely—And Other Recent Articles of Interest in Neurology

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Does Specialized Care Lead to Improved Seizure Control in Epilepsy?
A study presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society indicates that improved seizure control is related not to medication factors but to the physicians' level of training and experience and that the improvement seen with care by epilepsy specialists occurs independently of what AED a patient takes.

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• Vaccine Shows Broad Coverage Against Meningitis
• News Roundup: Late-Breaking Neurologic News
• Looking Beyong t-PA for Effective Stroke Treatment
• Brain Imaging Links Cholesterol Levels in Midlife to Alzheimer's Disease Risk
• Combination Therapy for MS Is Safe and Effective—And Other Recent Articles of Interest in Neurology