Stroke

A recent study published in Neurology found that stroke survivors have a 76% higher risk of developing dementia compared with those without a history of stroke. The analysis, which evaluated health data from older adults living in Ontario, Canada, found that 18.7% of people with stroke developed dem...

The use of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may lower the risk of poststroke epilepsy (PSE) in individuals with hypertension and ischemic stroke, according to study results presented at the American Epilepsy Society (AES) 2024 Annual Meeting. Stroke is the most common cause of seizures in indivi...

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) was superior to continued oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) alone in reducing risk of ischemic stroke for people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who had a previous thrombotic event (TE) despite taking an OAT. The results of an international cohort st...

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) have published a new set of recommendations for the prevention of stroke. These new recommendations, which are published in the journal Stroke, are intended to serve as a resource for clinicians to integrate into their practice...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Happy Ring Health Monitoring System (Happy Health, Austin, TX), a ring-shaped device worn on the finger that monitors biometric health data useful for care coordination for sleep apnea and other conditions. The health metric...

In results of a study published in JAMA Neurology, thrombectomy did not improve functional outcomes at 90 days in individuals with anterior circulation, large-vessel occlusion, and large infarct detected by noncontrast CT scan within 24 hours of onset. These findings have important implications beca...

Results from the INTREPID (NCT02996266) clinical trial have revealed that an automated surface temperature management device effectively reduces fever burden in patients with acute vascular brain injury but fails to improve functional outcomes after 3 months compared to standard fever care. 

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Study results published in JAMA Network demonstrated that TNKase (tenecteplase; Genentech, South San Francisco, CA) is noninferior to Activase (alteplase; Genentech, South San Francisco, CA) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in individuals eligible for intravenous thrombolysis when ad...

Hyperfine (Guilford, CT), in collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina, has announced a project to assess changes in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume of astronauts on the commercial Polaris Dawn mission. Polaris Dawn was a 5-day orbital mission recently launched on Se...

Cognitive motor dissociation may be more common than previously understood, according to results of a prospective cohort study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Cognitive motor dissociation, a phenomenon in which people who are unresponsive to commands due to severe brain injury demo...

Results of a study published in Nature Communications reveal the association between platelet hyperreactivity and cardiovascular risk in certain patient populations. In their article, the researchers presented a new tool, the Platelet Reactivity ExpreSsion Score (PRESS), which integrates platelet ag...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to the Neuroblade System (Clearmind Biomedical, San Jose, CA), a neuroendoscopy platform designed for minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures, integrating multiple functions and external devices to provide visualization, illumin...

The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) recently announced that findings from a study show that changing standard procedures for evaluating and treating patients with suspected stroke have led to improved access to lifesaving stroke surgery across the state of Delaware and should inform tr...

Results of a UK Biobank cohort study published in JAMA Network Open show that older adults with cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) who followed an anti-inflammatory diet compared with a proinflammatory diet had a decreased risk of developing dementia as well as improved brain volume measures. The resul...

The American Neurological Association (ANA) has announced the recipients of their 2024 scientific awards, which will be presented at the organization’s 149th Annual Meeting in September in Orlando, Florida. The awards are intended to honor leaders in the field who have made contributions to neurolog...