Stroke
The NeurologyLive® stroke clinical focus page serves as a resource for updates and information related to the clinical care and management of stroke and cerebrovascular disease, featuring news, podcasts, and videos about the latest FDA actions, clinical guideline updates, interviews with physicians, and study and clinical trial findings. The page includes information on stroke, large vessel occlusion, subcranial hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, and more.
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August 20th 2025
At AHS 2025, Elizabeth Seng, PhD, professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, presented findings from a study showing that migraine was associated with increased odds of ischemic stroke in veterans.
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Gore Explores Migraine Treatment Using Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in New Study
November 15th 2022The newly announced prospective, randomized, placebo- and sham-controlled study, will include 150 patients, ages 18 to 55 years, with documented patent foramen ovale and a history of more than 1 migraine headache day per week.
Advocacy and Empowerment: Finding Your Advocacy Community
November 9th 2022The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum, or PALF, sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, gives neurologists and trainees tools to successfully advocate for their ideas and develop their identity as physician advocates.
Epilepsy Rates in Hypertension Lowered Among Those on Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Therapy
October 24th 2022Within 5 years after the index date, the lowest proportion of epilepsy diagnoses were among those treated with angiotensin receptor blockers and highest in those on ß-blockers and calcium channel blockers.
NeurologyLive® Brain Games: October 23, 2022
October 23rd 2022Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is the history of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis.
Fewer Poststroke Functional Improvement Seen in EVT-Treated Patients With Lower ASPECTS Scores
October 19th 2022More than 40% of patients with ASPECTS scores between 4 and 5 treated with EVT showed functional outcome improvements, whereas slightly over 20% of those with scores between 0 to 3 demonstrated the same.
NeuroVoices: Wayne Feng, MD, FAHA, on Changing the Approach to Poststroke Neuromuscular Symptoms
October 12th 2022The division chief of stroke and vascular neurology at Duke Health discussed how clinicians have typically treated poststroke motor symptoms and how technology is expanding these capabilities.
Putting Pen to Paper: Executing on Approaches for Neurorestoration
October 11th 2022Joe Kardine, MS, OTR, CBIS, the clinical program manager at the Jefferson Center for Neurorestoration, discussed the influx of new neurorestorative technology and the future of treating patients with functional loss.
