Neurology Edition: Top Headlines for Week of May 16, 2022

In this week’s edition, childhood sexual and emotional abuse increases the risk for multiple sclerosis in women; fentanyl-related cardiac arrest is linked to worse neurological outcomes; Black patients with MS have a higher rate of disability compared with their white counterparts; and more.

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Childhood sexual, emotional abuse increases multiple sclerosis risk in women

Fentanyl-related cardiac arrest linked to worse neurological injury, outcomes

Black MS patients have higher rate of disability than white counterparts

Brain stimulation software receives FDA approval for use in Parkinson’s disease

Seizure frequency, poor quality of life risk factors for depression in epilepsy patients

References:

Eid K, et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022;doi:10.1136/jnnp-2021-328700.

Otero M, et al. Neurological injury and outcomes in fentanyl-related cardiac arrest. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology annual meeting; April 2-7, 2022; Seattle.

Dykes E, et al. Health disparities in African American patients with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective chart-review study. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology annual meeting; April 2-7, 2022; Seattle.

Press Release

Syed M, et al. Factors associated with depression in epilepsy patients: a population-based study in the Detroit metropolitan area. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology annual meeting; April 2-7, 2022; Seattle.