Science meets the challenges

According to the latest data, 573,911 patients with various neurological pathologies were registered among the adult population, an increase of 61,261 compared to 2023. 164,000 cases of nervous system diseases were detected among young people aged 14 to 28, including five patients with Parkinson's disease and 165 with multiple sclerosis, and 50 new cases were registered with myasthenia gravis (an autoimmune neuromuscular disease). Of particular concern is the increase in the number of reported cases of nervous system diseases among children under 17 years of age – more than 60,000, of which almost 25,000 were detected for the first time. Over the past year, 1,656 children have been diagnosed with epilepsy for the first time, 32 with myasthenia gravis, and 19 with multiple sclerosis.

Astana Neuroforum – 2025

On June 5–6, 2025, the Republican Conference with International Participation “Astana Neuroforum – 2025” was held, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Municipal State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management “Multidisciplinary City Hospital No.1.”

Dopamine Happiness: how not to fall into the trap of addiction

This issue was raised by the participants of the 26th annual scientific and practical conference on nervous diseases. The forum was dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Kazakh National Medical University. Sanjar Asfendiyarov and the 90th anniversary of Professor Smagul Koishibayev, author of the first textbook on neurology in Kazakh.

Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology at S.D. Asfendiyarov KazNMU, Elmira Balabekovna Atantaeva, delivered a presentation at the Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center of the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation in Pavia, Italy.

On May 14–15, 2025, a major event of high clinical significance and international scale took place at the Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center of the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation in Pavia, Italy. The event focused on improving the identification and management of ATTR amyloidosis and was titled “Diagnostic Strategies in Amyloidosis in the Era of Therapeutic Innovations”

The Department of Neurology of S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (KazNMU) participated in the International Annual Meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) 2025

From May 17 to 20, 2025, the Annual Meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) took place in Edinburgh