From the University of Helsinki media release: Patient satisfaction is a very poor proxy for quality of care comparisons in elective cranial neurosurgery. Because deaths are rare events in elective cranial… Read more »
From the European Society of Cardiology media release: “Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder and affects 1.5-2% of people in the developed world,” said Dr Denham. “AF… Read more »
From the Institute for Basic Science media release: The burgeoning field of optogenetics has seen another breakthrough with the creation of a new plant-human hybrid protein molecule called OptoSTIM1. In South… Read more »
From the University of Florida media release: Stroke victims who use Medicaid or are uninsured were more likely to die, stay hospitalized longer and have worse medical outcomes than patients with… Read more »
From the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care media release: Safinamide (trade name: Xadago) has been available since February 2015 as add-on therapy for the treatment of mid- to… Read more »
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) media release: Alzheimer’s disease is associated with the appearance of characteristic neurotoxic protein aggregates in various regions in the brain. Chemical analysis of these insoluble deposits… Read more »
From the American Heart Association media release: Uric acid — a chemical at high levels can lead to serious illness — may lessen women’s disability after stroke, according to new… Read more »
From the George Washington University media release: In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers at the George Washington University have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and… Read more »
From the SOCIETY OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY media release: Despite efforts to close the time gap between symptom onset and stroke treatment – including improvements in public education, 911 dispatch operations, pre-hospital… Read more »
From the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) media release: With mounting concerns about postoperative seizures, doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia placed 161 neonates who had undergone cardiac surgery… Read more »
