Catarina Silva, MSc,  —

Cladribine, a medication for relapsing multiple sclerosis, eased symptoms and reduced the need for high-dosage corticosteroids in people with treatment-resistant myasthenia gravis, a small study shows. The study, titled “Cladribine in myasthenia gravis: a pilot open‐label study,” was published in the European Journal of Neurology.

Robotic surgical removal of the thymus seems to be safe and effective and may reduce or eliminate the need for steroid therapy in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients older than 60 at onset. The study, “Results of robotic thymectomy performed in myasthenia gravis patients older than 60 years at…