Stroke
Conference Coverage
Rapid-Response Teams Can Decrease Admission Times for Patients With Stroke
LOS ANGELES—Adding a rapid-response team member into the emergency department process to coordinate care for patients eligible for IV t-PA...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Fewer smokes mean fewer strokes
And is your EHR preventing breastfeeding?
From the Journals
Stroke-smoking link is dose dependent in young men
Smoking cessation is the goal, but every little bit helps.
Literature Review
Young Women With Stroke Have Higher Rates of Pregnancy Complications
When compared with the general population, young women with stroke have more pregnancy loss throughout their lives, according to research...
Conference Coverage
Conference News Roundup—European Society of Cardiology
Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention medications, according to recommendations...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Meeting stroke screening demand will require systems’ reorganization
LOS ANGELES – Telestroke triage of patients by comprehensive stroke centers is the way to go, says Dr. Lawrence Wechsler.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Lupus is quietly killing young women
And does substance abuse trigger schizophrenia?
From the Journals
Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
From the Journals
Meta-analysis finds no link between stroke and sickle cell trait
Neither crude stroke incidence rates nor regression analysis indicated a link between sickle cell trait in African Americans and stroke.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Which diabetes drug boosts survival best?
And there’s new promise in early-stage lung cancer.
Conference Coverage
Top AAN picks from Clinical Neurology News’ medical editor
Top picks include presentations on SMA, targeting and screening for tau in Alzheimer’s, and the BigBrain High Resolution 3D Digital Human Brain...