Stroke

In young patients with stroke without a clear cause, physicians should search for less common etiologies and treat accordingly.

Although telestroke programs show more success in bringing stroke care to patients, lingering challenges have prevented widespread implementation.

This brief year-end slideshow highlights significant progress in research into migraine, Alzheimer disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and autism.

Despite smaller trials suggesting some benefit, a trial of more than 3000 patients has demonstrated no differences between placebo and fluoxetine 6 months post-stroke.

Over 128,000 patients having an ischemic stroke were included in a recent analysis. Here's what researchers found.

Since the therapy’s approval in 2014 for relapsing MS, 13 cases of patients experiencing these issues have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System database.

Neurology News Network for the week of November 24, 2018.

These findings are among the first in the United States to indicate an association between migraine and atrial fibrillation.

Albertson discussed this facet of stroke care, and all the things being done outside just the clinic to help improve outcomes.

The treatment options for carotid webs with ischemic strokes have not been extensively investigated, and multicenter observational studies are warranted.

Therapies designed to treat neurologic conditions have made up 25% of the submissions to the FDA for a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation.

The neurocritical care fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shared his experiences modeling subcortical stroke.

The assistant professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine shared the findings from a recent study that suggested a heightened risk of stroke may linger up to 3 months after myocardial infarction.

Neurology News Network for the week of November 3, 2018.

The study found that there has been a significant increasing trend in patients with migraine—irrespective of aura status—having an ischemic stroke.

Symptoms of sudden onset of headache and decreased balance three days earlier prompted a visit to the emergency department.

Stem cell tourism is a global problem. The top three conditions marketed by such clinics are MS, PD, and stroke-often peddling false hope to patients who are vulnerable, desperately searching for a cure. 

IncobotulinumtoxinA significantly reduced unstimulated salivary flow rate for patients with sialorrhea.

The medical director of digital health at Cleveland Clinic spoke about the role telehealth plays in a society where technology constantly advances and changes.

Brain injury and stroke studies have revealed that jealousy is indeed "in your head”-specifically in the left part of the cerebral cortex.

DESERVE is one of the first interventions potentially demonstrating the capacity to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in stroke risk reduction.

When should aspirin be given in patients with acute ischemic stroke? Plus 4 other questions to test your knowledge of the new guidelines. 

A new analysis of more than a dozen clinical trials has shown no increase in stroke risk for patients with MS, who have shown a higher risk than the general population.

Digital medicine is used to increase access for rural and underserved areas, allowing for the delivery of patient care, patient monitoring and specialist consultations.

Although the differences between groups were not statistically significant, combined findings have shown a risk reduced by close to half.