Watchman registry provides reassuring answers on device safety
PARIS – Results of the real-world EWOLUTION registry of recipients of the Watchman device for stroke prevention provide reassuring answers to several key questions which have slowed physician uptake... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 25, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Judge says feds overstepped on ACA cost-sharing subsidies
The Obama administration suffered another legal judgment against the Affordable Care Act when a district court judge ruled that the government has wrongly spent billions of dollars to repay insurers... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 23, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
After 2006 recommendation, more autism diagnoses made at earlier age
BALTIMORE – The American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2006 recommendation to screen all children for autism spectrum disorder at age 18 months appears to have resulted in a substantially earlier age of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Neurologists’ hospital revenue up almost 50% since 2012
Neurologists generated 48% more revenue for hospitals in 2015 than they did in 2012, according to a survey by physician recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins.
In 2015, neurologists generated $1.03... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Improving our crystal ball: prognostication in neuroscience ICUs
The most difficult decisions in neuroscience intensive care units often involve patients’ ultimate goals of care. Oftentimes, family members of a brain-injured patient with an apparently poor... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Diabetic foot ulcers linked to cognitive decline
Among patients with type 2 diabetes, those with foot ulcers show cognitive impairment across all domains when compared with those without, according to a report published in Diabetes Care.
In what... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 19, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Stroke risk rises quickly in recent-onset atrial fib
CHICAGO – The stroke risk in patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation is similar to that of patients with longer-standing atrial fibrillation, according to a new secondary analysis of the... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Screen and treat MS patients for emotional distress, depression
ATLANTA – Nearly half of 2,100 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients enrolled at baseline in the Sonya Slifka Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis Study reported experiencing emotional distress, and 9% of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Law & Medicine: Locality rule
Question: An injured patient alleges that her eye doctor was negligent in failing to adhere to national treatment guidelines and in not using modern medical equipment. The encounter took place in a... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Data support safety of MS drugs before, during early pregnancy
VANCOUVER – Three types of drugs commonly used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) appear to have a generally good safety profile when administered before and during early pregnancy, suggest a trio of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Mindfulness on par with drugs for chronic migraine in patients who’ve overused medication
VANCOUVER – Mindfulness works as well as pharmacotherapy for prevention in patients who have chronic migraine with medication overuse, suggest initial findings of a trial reported at the annual... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Mastering MACRA: How to thrive under new payment models
As MACRA makes quality-based care the law of the land, don’t just glide under the new expectations, thrive. That advice comes from accountable care experts who are seeing firsthand the tools leading... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 13, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
DACA: High Court ruling could squash dreams of becoming a doctor
Growing up, Denisse Rojas Marquez rarely visited the doctor. As undocumented immigrants from Mexico, her family viewed medical care as a luxury and sought it only in emergencies.
“I would always... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
CMS: MACRA impact on small/solo practices not as dramatic as predicted in regs
MACRA will not be as hard on small and solo practices as it first appeared when draft implementing regulations were published, according to Andy Slavitt, administrator of the Centers for Medicare... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Astrovirus MLB2 may cause CNS infection in immunocompromised patients
The astrovirus MLB2, normally prevalent in feces, can spread outside the digestive system and cause central nervous system infection in immunocompromised patients, according to Dr. Samuel Cordey and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
