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Infants born to mothers who contracted influenza infection during pregnancy are at heightened risk of seizures, particularly febrile seizures, during childhood, according to a large study.

A prospective cohort study has shown that in patients aged <18 years hospitalized for acute SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), neurologic manifestations during the infection are common and may predispose them more to new neurocognitive or functional morbidity at discharge.

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) assessment model that has the potential to fundamentally change the prevention and management of cardio-cerebrovascular (CCV) diseases specifically in the Chinese population.

Women with epilepsy are at considerably higher risk of severe maternal and perinatal outcomes and increased risk of death during pregnancy and postpartum, and the use of antiseizure medications (ASM) further increases these risks, the largest study to date has found.

A study presented at EASD 2024 shows that microvascular complications of diabetes, such as diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy, are independently and concomitantly associated with moderate/severe periodontitis.

Monthly injections of erenumab help induce and sustain remission of chronic migraine and medication overuse headaches, as shown in the phase IV INOVA study.

In a cohort study of over 18 million individuals with up to 2 years of follow-up, the incidences of most mental illnesses were markedly elevated following COVID-19 diagnosis compared with before or without COVID-19, particularly among the unvaccinated and before COVID-19 vaccines became available.