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New-app-provides-brain-stimulation-to-neurological-disorders-sufferers
2014 11 Mar
To provide mobile support to those affected by neurological disorders, GE Healthcare has designed a free iPad app that provides brain stimulation for people with neurological conditions. It also provides helpful advice for caregivers. Created and endorsed by neurologists, the GE Healthcare MIND (Make an Impact on Neurological Disorders) App’s...Read more
Carotid-artery-narrowing-linked-to-memory-issues
2014 30 Apr
According to the findings of a recent study presented at the the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, there is a link between symptom-free narrowing of the carotid artery in the neck and problems in memory, learning, decision-making and thinking when compared to people with similar risk factors but no narrowing in the...Read more
Cyborg-technology-the-future
2014 12 Aug
The world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is holding its 248th National Meeting & Exposition, offering nearly 12,000 presentations on a wide range of science topics. One such presentation highlights the impressive developments in cyborg technology, which is producing tangible results in the domains of prosthetics,...Read more
New-tool-to-treat-stroke-more-effectively
2014 25 Aug
A novel device designed to treat stroke more effectively could be made available in the near future. The device is placed onto the head like a sports visor or halo and uses ultrasound to quickly bust clots that cause stroke. It was developed by William Culp, MD, professor of neurology, surgery and radiology and vice chairman of research at the...Read more
Nobel-prize-in-medicine-2014-awarded-for-brain-s-inner-gps-discovery
2014 07 Oct
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half to John O´Keefe and the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. How do we know where we are? How can we find the way from one...Read more
Stroke-patients-hospital-bed-position-matters
2014 10 Nov
During the first 24 hours after a stroke, attention to detail such as hospital bed positioning is critical to patient outcomes. Bed position is amongst the complex issues discussed in a Medlink Neurology article which summarises the latest research on caring for ischaemic stroke patients. Most strokes are ischaemic, meaning they are caused by blood...Read more
Specialised-ambulance-increases-golden-hour-thrombolysis
2014 20 Nov
The use of a stroke emergency mobile unit (STEMO) helped increase the percentage of stroke patients who received thrombolysis to break down blood clots within the so-called ‘golden hour', the 60 minutes from time of symptom onset to treatment, a window of time when treatment may be most effective, according to researchers in Germany. A STEMO is a specialised...Read more
World-brain-day-focuses-on-epilepsy
2015 20 Jul
This year's World Brain Day (22 July) campaign aims to improve awareness and care of epilepsy, a common neurological disorder that affects more than 50 million people worldwide. The most important causes of epilepsy include perinatal brain injury, infections, traumatic brain injury, and stroke — and all these conditions are preventable. In January...Read more
Intracranial-pressure-monitoring-in-tbi-consensus-statements
2015 22 Oct
Seven consensus statements from a panel of leading international experts in the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) provide a clear interpretation of the results from the BEST TRIP trial, which have led to ongoing debate over the value of intracranial pressure monitoring in sTBI. These new consensus statements, published in Journal of...Read more
Is-that-mri-really-necessary
2015 15 Dec
While Choosing Wisely and similar initiatives around the world target referring physicians to think about whether an imaging test is the appropriate choice, patients also need to talk to their doctors about it, according to neurologist Brian Callaghan, MD, MS. Callaghan, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan, and colleagues, recently...Read more
Ean-congress-2016
2016 28 May
This major scientific event will attract 6,500 participants from European and other countries. The European Academy of Neurology was last year Vonder European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS) launched. Over the course of some 130 scientific sessions, international experts and key trends Highlights...Read more
Significance-of-circadian-rhythms-in-brain-damaged-patients
2017 25 Apr
A new study published in Neurology indicates that circadian rhythms could play an important role in the recovery of consciousness of patients with severe brain injuries. Researchers say that the circadian body temperature holds vital clues to the state of consciousness of patients which could potentially enable doctors to tailor medical treatment...Read more
Reducing-brain-injury-after-cardiac-arrest-american-academy-of-neurology-practice-guideline
2017 28 May
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) (32-34°C for 24 hours) should be mandatory practice for patients who are comatose after being resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, if the initial cardiac rhythm is either pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), according to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)’s newly published...Read more
European-neuro-convention-focusing-on-cutting-edge-developments
2018 22 May
Thousands of the world’s leading neuro professionals will flock to London next month to discover the latest technology and trends within the field of neurology. Running on the 6th & 7th of June at the ExCeL, the European Neuro Convention will put on an unparalleled lineup of seminars, suppliers and workshops devoted to the cutting-edge developments...Read more
16th-annual-meeting-neurocritical-care-society
2018 24 Sep
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2nd-world-congress-on-advances-on-addiction-science-and-medicine
2019 24 Jul
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2020 13 Feb
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Nuclear-cardiology-molecular-insights-into-the-heart
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Nuclear cardiology is a promising field located between research, imaging, and patient care. Through close interdisciplinary cooperation, a variety of cardiovascular diseases (eg coronary artery, inflammatory and infiltrative cardiac diseases) can not only be investigated, but also efficiently treated in daily clinical routine. What...Read more
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2019 13 Oct
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7th-congress-of-the-european-academy-of-neurology-ean-2021
2021 19 Jun
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4th-international-conference-on-neurology-and-brain-disorders
2021 09 Sep
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20th-ncs-annual-meeting-neurocritical-care-society
2022 17 Oct
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Aan-2022-american-academy-of-neurology-annual-meeting
2022 02 Apr
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