Search Tag: neurology

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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

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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

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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

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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

Executive Health Management

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

ICU Management

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

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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

Executive Health Management

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

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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

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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

Executive Health Management

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

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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

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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

Executive Health Management

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

Executive Health Management

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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6ts-top-to-toe-transcatheter-solutions-2020-conference

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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Ana-2019-144th-meeting-of-the-american-neurological-association

2019 13 Oct

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2021-cns-annual-meeting

2021 16 Oct

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American-academy-of-neurology-aan-2021

2021 17 Apr

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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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4ts-2023-conference

2023 10 Feb

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