Sweeping mental health reforms head for Senate floor
A proposed package of bipartisan mental health legislation is advancing to the Senate floor, including calls for same-day mental health and medical treatment, and an expansion in the number of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Those annoying EHR pop-up windows
In 1986, the United States and Canada mandated the adoption of a center brake light on all new cars. Studies had shown that this was better at getting attention than the two side lights alone, and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
ABMS approves new addiction medicine subspecialty
Many more physicians seeking to subspecialize in addiction medicine will now have the official blessing of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
ABMS announced March 14 its approval of an... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
How physicians can reverse the opioid crisis
In about 2002, Dr. Gary Franklin realized the state of Washington might have a problem.
A big problem.
A state resident who’d suffered a back sprain and filed a workers’ compensation claim... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Antidepressants tied to lower dementia mortality
MADRID – Elderly patients who develop dementia often are on an antidepressant when dementia is diagnosed, and unexpectedly antidepressant use during the 3 years preceding diagnosis of dementia was... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
CV health may prevent cognitive decline
The closer that older adults come to meeting the American Heart Association’s “ideal” targets for seven factors that determine cardiovascular health, the lower their risk for cognitive decline,... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 16, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Pilot study shows potential of transcranial direct current stimulation in poststroke motor recovery
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with motor training in stroke patients led to greater improvements in motor function, compared with motor training alone, in a... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 16, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Spending on physicians rising faster than health expenditures overall
Spending on physicians rose by 2.4% per year from 2003 to 2013 – the largest increase among the major components of national health expenditures, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
New CDC opioid guideline targets overprescribing for chronic pain
Nonopioid therapy is the preferred approach for managing chronic pain outside of active cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care, according to a new guideline released today by the Centers for... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Temsirolimus results in good but short-duration responses in primary CNS lymphoma
Single-agent therapy with temsirolimus was active in patients with relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma, but most of the responses were short lived, results of a phase II trial... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Obesity, oral contraceptive use are risk factors for cerebral venous thrombosis in women
Obese women taking oral contraceptives had a 30-fold increased odds for cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), compared with normal-weight women, in an unmatched case-control study of 186 CVT cases and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
High false positives found for Medtronic’s implantable AF detectors
LOS ANGELES – Medtronic’s Reveal LINQ implantable loop recorders misidentified 84% of rhythm anomalies as atrial fibrillation in 52 stroke patients at Emory University in Atlanta, according to a... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Lower the CT to check the heart for embolic sources in acute stroke
LOS ANGELES – Enlarge the field of CT angiography to include the heart in acute ischemic stroke patients; you’ll quickly identify sources of cardiogenic emboli and other problems that will otherwise... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: How to navigate value-based care payer contracts
AUSTIN, TEX. – The shift from volume- to value-based care has become a regular hot topic among the medical community. But one rarely discussed question is how quality-based care will impact physician... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
AD patients start antidepressants before diagnosis
The incidence of antidepressant use was almost twice as high among adults later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease compared with adults who were not diagnosed with the illness, according to a study... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
