Exercise is protective but underutilized in atrial fib patients
CHICAGO – Efforts to encourage even modest amounts of physical activity in sedentary patients with atrial fibrillation are likely to pay off in reduced risks of cardiovascular and all-cause... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Anticoagulation therapy after VT ablation yields fewer thrombotic events
San Francisco – Anticoagulation therapy is probably a good idea after ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with risk factors or stroke, even if they don’t have atrial fibrillation, according... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Vascular disease linked to sight loss in giant cell arteritis
GLASGOW – People with giant cell arteritis may be more likely to go blind if they have underlying vascular disease, according to an analysis of the Diagnostic and Classification Criteria in... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Simple signs could signal complex pain syndrome
GLASGOW – Two novel clinical signs can be used to determine whether people who have had a fracture are likely to develop complex regional pain syndrome, a condition for which there is currently no... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Sharp blood pressure rise spikes stroke risk
Individuals whose blood pressure rose sharply over time had a significantly increased risk of stroke and death from nonstroke causes, compared with other blood pressure trajectories in a study of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Strong gender difference for stroke in diabetes patients with restless legs syndrome
CHICAGO – Stroke risk in diabetic women with restless legs syndrome (RLS) is triple that of diabetic men with the sensorimotor disease, Zoe Heis reported at the annual meeting of the American College... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: Secrets of success in a MACRA-based world
WASHINGTON – Are you ready for the way you are paid for seeing patients to change, and not just change, but change dramatically?
The value-based care system of reimbursement for primary care... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
VIDEO: Value-based care 101
WASHINGTON – Feel free to continue operating under a fee-for-service system, but according to Neil Kirschner, Ph.D., the senior associate for regulatory and insurer affairs at the American College of... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 5, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
FDA panels recommend expanding REMS, requiring prescriber education, for ER/LA opioids
Two Food and Drug Administration advisory committees have unanimously agreed that the current risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesic... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
New stroke rehabilitation recommendations recognize role of interprofessional team
New guidelines issued jointly by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association are the first to define multidisciplinary terms for stroke rehabilitation in adults. The guidelines... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
U.S. official raises concerns over Zika readiness
The ability of the United States to respond to a potential spike in Zika virus infection rates is a cause for concern, according to a top federal health official.
“The big question is will we get... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
AF and stroke may be temporally related
CHICAGO – One-third of a large cohort of patients with an implantable cardiac device in place at the time of an ischemic stroke had one or more episodes of atrial fibrillation within the prior 30... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Baseline King-Devick concussion score skewed by English proficiency issues
VANCOUVER – In a study at New York University, it took 27 healthy, native English–speaking volunteers 42.8 seconds to complete the King-Devick concussion screening test, which is about average for... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
FDA approves first drug to treat hallucinations in Parkinson’s psychosis
Pimavanserin on April 29 became the first drug to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the indication of hallucinations and delusions associated with psychosis in Parkinson’s... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - May 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
