Stroke

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The assistant clinical professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine discussed ways of incorporating and encouraging women physicians to enter the neurology specialty. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Most child neurologist respondents were generally early in their career, had diverse subspeciality training, and tended to work at large, resource-rich centers capable of multimodal neuromonitoring.

Although research illustrates the persistence of inequities between women and men in neurology, 3 women leaders shared encouraging thoughts and experiences highlighting the progress made in recent years.

Collaboration can result in greater success than what one can achieve alone, and for women physicians, this rings truer than ever before, writes Jill M. Farmer, DO, MPH.

In light of National Women Physicians Day, the assistant clinical professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine commented on the roles women have played historically, and her perspective on where they stand now. [WATCH TIME: 12 minutes]

Theresa Sevilis, DO, writes on picking a career path in medicine as a woman, and how deciding to jump ship from a traditional path was among the best decisions she's made.

The assistant clinical professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine shared what National Women Physicians Day means to her, and the history behind its celebration. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

For women, the decision to opt for an unconventional career path can be inspired by conflicting responsibilities and balancing life with work. But, as Sana Syed, MD, MPH, explains, following your passion is still an achievable dream despite these challenges.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of the last month, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

A greater proportion of patients treated with 0.25 mg/kg of tenecteplase were free from disability or achieved functional independence compared with those treated with 0.40 mg/kg doses, or alteplase.

Expert clinicians offer their insight on conducting trials in pediatric migraine, the pipeline of Alzheimer therapies, disorders of consciousness and COVID-19, and more.

The association was found independent of vascular risk factors, suggesting a dose-response association between stroke severity and recurrence with risk of dementia.

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The recurrence of ischemic stroke was less common with dual antiplatelet therapy than with monotherapy in those treated within the 15–180-day window, and similarly common in the 8–14-day period.

The cognitive neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco discussed recently published data on the presence of cognitive post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 and the need to legitimize these conditions.

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Dubbed COVID-DoC, the prospective study is the largest of its kind to date and provides initial data on the prognosis and pathophysiology of the condition in a group of patients at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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The risk of 5-year ipsilateral recurrent stroke was 14.3% for those with Symptomatic Carotid Atheroma Inflammation Lumen-Stenosis scores of at least 3 compared with 2.6% for those with low-risk category scores.

Hypoperfusion index was able to estimate the rate of core progression in patients with stroke who had otherwise unclassified progression by reperfusion trial core time criteria.

Investigators suggest that sex-specific strategies should be invoked to reduce the amount of early stroke deaths after observations suggest that female sex is linked to lower risk of stroke-related events.