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    Erik Greb

    Erik Greb joined the staff of Neurology Reviews in January 2012. Since then, he has attended scientific conferences, conducted video interviews, and written about clinical research in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and other neurologic disorders. In addition to news articles, Erik has written investigative stories about multiple sclerosis, headache, and epilepsy. He previously wrote about pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug formulation and delivery, quality assurance, and regulation for Pharmaceutical Technology.

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    Staying alert for patients with narcolepsy

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: October 15, 2022

    The chronic neurologic disorder entails not only excessive sleepiness but also social and professional challenges.

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    Liquid embolism of AVM tied to high cure rate

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: February 22, 2022

    “Endovascular treatment using Onyx is able to achieve, on its own, a very efficient cure rate with a low morbidity and mortality rate,”

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    Tirofiban does not improve outcomes of endovascular treatment in stroke

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: February 18, 2022

    Median Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 90 days was 3 in both patients who received tirofiban and those who received placebo.

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    Newly approved drug improves sleep onset in insomnia

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: February 1, 2022

    The drug also was associated with improved daytime function.

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    Is outpatient care as safe as inpatient for TIA, minor stroke?

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    The safety of outpatient care can be improved by correct risk stratification, then triaging patients based on their risk profile.

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    FDA OKs new adult insomnia med

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    Whereas the overall results are very positive, the improvements in daytime functioning are especially “exciting.”

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    Diabetes tied to Parkinson’s risk, more rapid disease progression

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    Diabetes is associated with a higher risk for incident Parkinson’s disease and with worse motor symptoms, more rapid disease progression, new...

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    Stroke thrombectomy alone fails noninferiority to bridging tPA

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: November 12, 2021

    The rate of good functional outcome was 57% for patients who underwent direct thrombectomy and 65% among patients who received IV thrombolysis...

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    Beloved psychiatrist dies at 102

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: October 25, 2021

    “He was always thinking creatively; he was always thinking intellectually,” said Angela Hill, widow of Dr. Irwin Marcus. “That was, to me, the...

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    Rituximab more effective than other MS treatments?

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    The risk for a first relapse was 6 times higher in patients receiving interferon beta or glatiramer acetate, compared with those receiving...

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    Cortical lesions predict risk for secondary progressive MS

    Author:
    Erik Greb
    Publish date: October 15, 2021

    High numbers of cortical lesions at diagnosis are indicative of a more serious disease course.

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    ADHD med may reduce apathy in Alzheimer’s disease

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    Methylphenidate provides a “modest but potentially clinically significant benefit for patients and caregivers,” said Dr. Jacobo Mintzer and...

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    FDA okays new oral CGRP antagonist for migraine prevention

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    With this approval, neurologists will be able to choose from four monoclonal antibodies and two gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine...

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    Aspirin and heparin increase bleeding risk during EVT

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    New data show that aspirin and heparin, alone or in combination, double the risk for symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage when given during...

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    Tranexamic acid fails to prevent ICH growth: TRAIGE trial results

    Author:
    Erik Greb

    “Larger studies with more specified population are needed to further assess safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid in patients with ICH.”

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