Forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration
Question: Which of the following statements regarding artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) is least supported in ethics and/or law?
A. One may invoke medical futility and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Seeking an alteplase alternative for stroke
Where is a biosimilar when you need one?
A few weeks ago, I reported on an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly recommending that the agency approve a biosimilar... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The problem of office theft
Why do people steal stuff from my office?
I’m not talking about pens. I’ve unintentionally walked off with more pens then I can count over the years, and never realized that I did until later. I... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Tool may help predict persistent postconcussion symptoms
A new tool – a clinical risk score – may help identify which children and adolescents who recently sustained a head injury are at risk for persistent postconcussion symptoms, according to a report... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Evidence builds for mesenchymal stem cell therapy in MS
NEW ORLEANS – Repeated intrathecal administration of autologous mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells for the treatment of multiple sclerosis was safe and induced accelerated beneficial... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
EHR Report: How Zika virus reveals the fault in our EHRs
It is always noteworthy when the headlines in the medical and mainstream media appear to be the same.
Typically, this means one of two things: 1) Sensationalism has propelled a minor issue into the... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Brazilian study identifies fetal abnormalities linked to Zika virus
Fetal abnormalities were detected among more than a quarter of pregnant women who underwent ultrasound examinations after testing positive for Zika virus infection.
The small study, which included... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: What are physicians’ top legal risks in 2016?
AUSTIN, TEX. – With ongoing changes in health delivery and ever-increasing government scrutiny over care, physicians face a number of pressing legal risks this year.
At an American Health Lawyers... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
ISC: Cryptogenic stroke linked to PSVT in absence of atrial fibrillation
LOS ANGELES – Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is associated with subsequent ischemic stroke in patients without documented atrial fibrillation, according to a claims analysis of 42,152... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
In newly diagnosed hypertension with OSA, adding CPAP augmented the benefits of losartan
In patients with new-onset hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy plus antihypertensive treatment with losartan led to reductions in systolic... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
ISC: Pick up extra AF with extended Holter monitoring
LOS ANGELES – Atrial fibrillation is three times more likely to be detected within 6 months of an ischemic stroke if, instead of the usual 24 or so hours of Holter ECG monitoring, patients are... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
BENEFIT 11: No new safety signals with interferon beta-1b
NEW ORLEANS – The long-term safety of interferon beta-1b for the treatment of multiple sclerosis is well established, and 11-year outcomes from the randomized, placebo-controlled BENEFIT trial... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Childhood emotional abuse fuels odds for migraine in adulthood
Emotionally abused children are 52% more likely to develop migraine in young adulthood than are those who were never abused, based on longitudinal survey data from nearly 15,000... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Study examines efficacy of small group programs for fatigue in MS
NEW ORLEANS – Fatigue: Take Control (FTC), a 6-week group education and behavioral program widely used to address fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis, was comparable to a general MS education... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: Hands-off yields best brain arteriovenous malformation outcomes
LOS ANGELES – Hang a do-not-disturb sign on brain arteriovenous malformations.
Patients who underwent invasive interventions to repair an unruptured arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in their brain... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
