by Ket Patel | Nov 5, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Neuro-Oncology
Adults in Norway with diffuse low-grade gliomas who were treated at a hospital advocating early surgical resection had better overall survival than those treated at a hospital advocating “watchful waiting,” according to a report published online Oct. 30 in...
by Ket Patel | Nov 5, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Epilepsy
Epilepsy increased the risk for sudden cardiac death threefold in a case-control study involving 1,019 cases of sudden cardiac death. “A substantial portion of deaths in epilepsy happen suddenly,” said Dr. Abdennasser Bardai of the University of Amsterdam...
by Ket Patel | Oct 31, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Headache/Migraine
Plain old aspirin proved far and away the most effective of the various agents used for prophylaxis of migraine with aura in an Italian study, with 86% of aspirin-treated patients reporting at least a 50% reduction in frequency of attacks. “We found the...
by Ket Patel | Oct 31, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Headache/Migraine
Frovatriptan may be the triptan of choice for the acute treatment of menstrual migraine attacks, according to reanalyses of data from double-blind, randomized crossover trials involving the drug. Frovatriptan’s lengthy half-life – the longest of all the triptans – and...
by Ket Patel | Oct 31, 2012 | Psychiatry
Plain old aspirin proved far and away the most effective of the various agents used for prophylaxis of migraine with aura in an Italian study, with 86% of aspirin-treated patients reporting at least a 50% reduction in frequency of attacks. “We found the...