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Patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure have a greater risk of ischaemic stroke at 4 years than those in the general population, according to a study.

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.