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Treating seizures with intravenous lacosamide appears to be safe and is associated with low rates of adverse events among critically ill children and neonates, as reported in a study.

A double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) finds that donepezil offers greater benefit in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among individuals with hippocampal-sparing or minimal atrophy subtype vs individuals with typical or limbic-predominant patterns of atrophy.

Certain older adults with epilepsy have worse 24-hour memory retention, particularly those with greater frequency of interictal epileptiform activity (IEA), reduced slow wave activity (SWA) power during nonrapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep, and higher burden of antiseizure medications, according to a study.

A treatment strategy of targeting a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of <70 mg/dL leads to a significant reduction in the composite of adverse cardiovascular (CV) events in patients who have had stroke as compared with an LDL-C target of 100 mg/dL, according to data from the Treat Stroke to Target (TST) trial.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-30 June 2023 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.