by Ket Patel | Nov 8, 2012 | Psychiatry TV
After more than 2 decades as a primary care pediatrician, Dr. Teresa M. Hargrave was so frustrated by the lack of psychiatric services for her patients that she retrained as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Now, she’s part of a New York state program that spreads...
by Ket Patel | Nov 7, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Headache/Migraine
More than two-thirds of patients with medically refractory chronic cluster headache responded to on-demand, self-administered sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation with acute pain relief, less frequent attacks, or both. The prophylactic effect – a reduction in cluster...
by Ket Patel | Nov 6, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder
When youths get referred for help with symptoms that don’t quite meet diagnostic criteria for bipolar illness, there’s a 50-50 chance they’ll progress to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder I or II within 7 years. The odds are a coin toss. The risk logically might be even...
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...