Published in Neurology
Epilepsy is common among older adults, but previous incident studies have had limited ability to make comparisons across key subgroups. We aimed to provide updated epilepsy incidence estimates among older adults, comparing across age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Using a random sample of 4,999,999 US Medicare beneficiaries older than 65 years, we condu...
Published in Neurology
Published in Neurology
Sleep disorders are a common and important clinical feature in patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE); however, they are poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC), an electrocardiogram-based portable sleep monitoring technology, can be used to assess sleep disorders in patients with AE. Patients fulfilling t...
Published in Neurology
Published in Neurology
The recently published results of the 18-month randomized controlled trial of lecanemab, reporting the efficacy of the drug in slowing the progression of early Alzheimer disease, quickly led to approval by the FDA and widespread acceptance of lecanemab treatment. However, there are a number of matters that deserve further consideration. The success...
Published in Neurology
Published in Neurology
Published in Neurology
Published in Neurology
Improving access to health care providers with clinical expertise in stroke care may influence the use of recommended strategies for reducing disparities in quality of care. Few studies have examined differences in the receipt of evaluation by neurologists during the hospital stay. We examined the proportion of individuals hospitalized for acute is...
Published in Neurology
