Tenecteplase Edges TPA in Acute Stroke

by Ket Patel | Mar 15, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke

The potential advantages of tenecteplase, a modified form of tissue plasminogen activator engineered to outperform the native molecule, finally shone through for treating patients with acute ischemic stroke. A head-to-head comparison of tenecteplase against...

Home Sleep Apnea Testing: Wake Up Call for Sleep Docs

by Ket Patel | Mar 13, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders

PHOENIX – Sleep medicine doctors need to get ahead of the curve on home sleep apnea testing or risk being put out of business, according to Dr. Charles W. Atwood Jr., director of the Sleep Disorders Program at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Those...

Study Hints at Statins’ Protective Effect Against Parkinson’s

by Ket Patel | Mar 13, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders

Regular users of statins had a “marginally significant” lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than did nonusers in a prospective, observational analysis of two large, ongoing study cohorts. The protective effect was stronger at ages younger than 60...

Adjuvant PCV Chemo Hikes Oligodendroglioma Survival

by Ket Patel | Mar 13, 2012 | All Videos For Neurology, Neuro-Oncology

Patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors with chromosome 1p and 19q deletions live dramatically longer lives if PCV chemotherapy is added before or after standard radiation therapy, long-term follow-up from two large, prospective trials shows.*...

Surgical Removal of Brain Thrombus Boosts Recovery

by Ket Patel | Mar 13, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Neurosurgery

An investigative, minimally invasive surgery for reducing intracranial clot volume following an intracerebral hemorrhage showed promise in results from a phase II study. In the controlled study, 54 patients who underwent clot removal by minimally-invasive surgery...