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Adolescents and young adults with chronic migraines saw significant reductions in daily headaches and in headache disability scores after treatments of onabotulinumtoxin A, according to data published in Pediatric Neurology. The study is the first prospective study to show the efficacy of onabotulinumtoxin A (Botox, AbbVie) injections in reducing headache days in the pediatric population,

College students experiencing migraine face a variety of challenges, including lack of understanding, inconsistent implementation of accommodations and unmet academic needs, according to survey results published in Headache. The survey was launched to add more qualitative data to existing quantitative data on the social and academic impacts of migraine among college students, according to Mia T.

People should begin taking proactive steps to protect their brain health at or before age 40 years, according to more than 60% of U.S. adults who took part in a survey from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. In a poll of 1,004 adults (51% women), 37.5% of respondents said adults should begin taking steps to protect brain health before age 30 years while 23.8% said they should start

Intensive blood pressure-lowering strategies reduced recurrent stroke as well as major cardiovascular events in patients after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, according to a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Neurology. There were approximately 16 fewer recurrent strokes among each 1,000 patients who received treatment within 1 year, and absolute reductions increased as follow-up

For individuals with coexisting atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease, non-vitamin K anticoagulants may be associated with slower cognitive decline in addition to better safety outcomes, according to a longitudinal study. Data published in European Heart Journal showed significantly slower cognitive declines among users of more modern non-vitamin K anticoagulants (NOACs) compared with users

The paternal use of valproate, an antiseizure medication, is not associated with neurodevelopmental disorders or congenital malformations in offspring, according to data published in Neurology

Patients with generalized myasthenia gravis taking inebilizumab were less likely to experience exacerbations or need rescue therapy compared with a placebo group, according to research published in JAMA Neurology

Prenatal fluoride exposure in public drinking water at levels below WHO and EPA maximums is nonlinearly associated with lower fluid cognition scores in children, according to data published in the American Journal of Epidemiology

Rates of substance use fell among adolescents and young adults across most substances between 2021 and 2025, even as marijuana use increased among

New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society are meant to help clinicians provide preventive treatments