New data propel headache neuromodulation devices toward approval
WASHINGTON – Encouraging data on an external vagal nerve stimulator and a minimally invasive system that targets the sphenopalatine ganglion are propelling the two neuromodulation devices toward... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Hospital costs higher for patients discharged to postacute care
The average cost of U.S. hospital stays for injury or illness in patients discharged to postacute care is more than double that of visits with routine discharges, according to the Agency for... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Medical errors and the law
Question: A patient was admitted with heart failure, developed deep vein thrombosis, and was started on warfarin and Lovenox as “bridge” therapy. On day 4, the patient achieved anticoagulation... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Apologizing for medical errors
Question: A patient was admitted with heart failure, developed deep vein thrombosis, and was started on warfarin and Lovenox as “bridge” therapy. On day 4, the patient achieved anticoagulation... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Sleep apnea in pregnancy linked to preterm birth
DENVER – Pregnant women with sleep apnea are more likely to have planned obstetric interventions, results of an Australian population-based cohort study suggest.
The study included all 636,227... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Feds raise buprenorphine patient loads
Qualified physicians soon will be allowed to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine to nearly triple the number of patients under a new rule by the Substance Abuse and Mental... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Little evidence of ‘slippery slope’ with euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide
While euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide increasingly are being legalized around the world, there appears to be little evidence that vulnerable patients are being targeted by abuse of the... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Deutetrabenazine modestly reduces chorea of Huntington disease
A deuterated form of the vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitor tetrabenazine, called deutetrabenazine, modestly reduced chorea of Huntington disease over 12 weeks in a phase III,... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Siponimod shows promise through 24 months in relapsing-remitting MS
Once-daily oral siponimod was associated with sustained effects on MRI outcomes at 24 months in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in a dose-blinded extension of the phase II... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Multisite NIH-sponsored research can now use single IRB
In an effort to streamline multisite clinical research, the National Institutes of Health announced a new policy related to the use of institutional review boards (IRBs).
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Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
No evidence to show Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s transmission via blood transfusion
A retrospective study of nearly 1.5 million patients over the course of 44 years showed no evidence to support the claim that neurodegenerative disorders can be transmitted between individuals... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - July 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Initiative aims to improve transition from pediatric to adult care
Gregg Michael Talente, MD, remembers well a young patient who nearly fell through the gap between pediatric an adult health care.
The woman was treated for lupus by her pediatrician until age 19... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - June 30, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Insomnia in young men boosts cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk
DENVER – Young to early middle-aged men with insomnia symptoms are at increased risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, according to an analysis from the landmark CARDIA study.
“We... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - June 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Restless sleep in 11-year-olds predicts earlier substance use
DENVER – Poor sleep quality and shorter sleep duration in boys at age 11 years is associated with subsequent accelerated use and misuse of alcohol and cannabis during adolescence and emerging... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - June 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The times I dig out my thank you note box
I get the occasional heartfelt thank you note from a patient. I also get hate mail, but fortunately the thank yous predominate.
I still have all of them, going back to residency, in an old Nike box.... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - June 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
