Delayed presentation and comorbidities increase total annual acute stroke care costs in Addis Ababa
A Stroke's Hidden Cost Could Change Care for Millions
This prospective, cross-sectional cost-of-illness study evaluated 99 acute stroke survivors admitted to two specialized hospitals in Addis A…
The staggering personal cost of a stroke in Ethiopia exposes a major barrier to treatment that health systems must solve.
IVIM MRI detects region-specific CSF motion alterations in patients with mild traumatic brain injury compared to healthy controls
MRI Shows Brain Fluid Moves Differently After Mild Head Injury
This prospective observational study evaluated intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI in 14 patients with mild traumatic brain injury and 1…
New scans reveal brain fluid moves differently after a mild head injury, even when patients feel fine and standard tests look normal.
Low-dose carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine controlled dyskinetic attacks in six pediatric patients with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
Sudden Movements Stop With One Pill
This retrospective cohort study evaluated six pediatric patients with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) treated with low-dose carbamaz…
A single pill stops sudden jerking attacks in children with a rare movement disorder, ending years of ineffective treatment and parental wor…
Preliminary Italian data show intravenous eptinezumab reduces pain and symptoms in patients with ongoing episodic or chronic migraine attacks
The Big Discovery:** A preventive migraine drug can start easing pain and light sensitivity during an ongoing attack—in as little as 10 minutes
This preliminary observational study enrolled 31 patients with episodic or chronic migraine experiencing an ongoing attack in an Italian rea…
For the first time, real-world data shows a migraine prevention treatment can also act with surprising speed to stop an attack that’s alread…
C-reactive protein to albumin ratio shows non-linear association with stroke-associated pneumonia risk
High CAR Score Means Higher Stroke Pneumonia Risk
A retrospective cohort study of 1,595 acute ischemic stroke patients found a non-linear threshold effect for the C-reactive protein to album…
A new blood test score reveals a hidden danger: stroke patients with low albumin face a much higher risk of pneumonia than doctors previousl…
Hospital process reengineering aimed to reduce door-to-needle time in acute ischemic stroke patients presenting within 3.5 hours
A Simple Hospital Checklist Can Save a Stroke Patient’s Brain
This multicenter prospective pre-post quasi-experimental study evaluated hospital process reengineering in patients with acute ischemic stro…
Fixing hospital paperwork delays can mean the difference between a full recovery and permanent disability for someone having a stroke.
Higher physical activity volume associated with lower risk of incident nervous system diseases in UK Biobank participants
Moving More May Protect Your Brain and Nerves
This retrospective cohort study analyzed 278,306 UK Biobank participants to evaluate the association between physical activity volume and in…
Getting more exercise could significantly lower your chances of developing conditions that affect your nerves and brain.
FDA Approves Ingrezza Sprinkle (valbenazine) for Tardive Dyskinesia and Chorea Associated with Huntington’s Disease
FDA approves a new sprinkle version of Ingrezza for two movement disorders
The FDA has approved Ingrezza Sprinkle, a VMAT2 inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with tardive dyskinesia and chorea associated with Hu…
FDA approves sprinkle form of Ingrezza to treat involuntary movements in adults with tardive dyskinesia or Huntington's disease chorea.
FDA Approves Levetiracetam for Partial-Onset, Myoclonic, and Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
FDA approves a seizure medicine called levetiracetam for children and adults
Levetiracetam is approved for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in patients 1 month and older, and as adjunctive therapy for myoclonic…
The FDA now approves levetiracetam for children as young as one month and adults to treat specific seizure types.
Intravenous tenecteplase improves functional outcomes but increases hemorrhage risk in non-large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke
Tenecteplase improves stroke recovery but increases bleeding risk in late treatment window
This randomized, open-label, blinded end-point trial evaluated intravenous tenecteplase versus standard medical treatment in 570 patients wi…
Tenecteplase helps late-arriving stroke patients recover better but raises bleeding risk, giving doctors a new tool for those beyond the usu…
Retinal vascular features are significantly associated with lacunar infarction in a meta-analysis of 7,277 participants
Eye Changes Linked to Higher Risk of Lacunar Stroke
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the association between retinal vascular features and lacunar infarction across 7,277 par…
Tiny changes in the back of your eye linked to a higher risk of a specific stroke type that affects deep parts of the brain.
In-hospital double-dose influenza vaccine reduces MACE and death in ACS patients with prior stroke compared to delayed standard-dose
Double-dose flu shots may help stroke survivors hospitalized for heart attacks live longer
This subanalysis of the VIP-ACS trial evaluated the effect of in-hospital double-dose quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine versus stan…
Stroke survivors hospitalized for heart attacks who received a double-dose flu shot had no better survival rates than those getting a standa…