Guidelines

Experts publish recommendations for modern NMOSD treatment

An international team of experts has published evidence-based recommendations for how to best treat people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) who are positive for aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG), the most common type of disease-driving antibody. The consensus statements were described in the study “International Delphi…

Guidelines to aid diagnosis of NMOSD published

Experts in Germany have published recommendations to help clinicians diagnose neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and distinguish it from other disorders with similar symptoms. The guidelines were detailed in “Update on the diagnosis and treatment of [neuromyelitis] optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) – revised recommendations of the…

Mask or No Mask? That Is the Question

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, many of us across the country have been doing everything we can to protect those around us and ourselves. I still remember when a federal mask mandate on public transportation was issued in the U.S. at the start of…