by Ket Patel | Dec 11, 2011 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Tick, tick, tick. It’s a familiar sound to neurologists, who have grown accustomed to watching the clock as they hurry to get tissue plasminogen activator on board in ischemic stroke patients. If Dr. Steven Cramer proves correct, a second timer may soon be...
by Ket Patel | Dec 7, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Epilepsy
Cyclical natural progesterone appears to reduce the frequency of catamenial seizures in some women, a placebo-controlled study has found. Women with a large number of perimenstrually exacerbated seizures who used progesterone experienced a significant decrease in...
by Ket Patel | Dec 6, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Neuro-Oncology
Gamma Knife surgery significantly reduced the number of seizures in a subset of patients with rare congenital tumors, based on data from a prospective trial of 64 patients presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. Hypothalamic hamartomas...
by Ket Patel | Dec 6, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Neurosurgery
Despite the very real chance of living a seizure-free life, many epilepsy patients with an excellent surgical prognosis continue to walk away from the procedures. Researchers at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society agreed: It’s not always easy to...
by Ket Patel | Dec 6, 2011 | All Videos For Neurology, Epilepsy
Gamma Knife surgery significantly reduced the number of seizures in a subset of patients with rare congenital tumors, based on data from a prospective trial of 64 patients presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. Hypothalamic hamartomas...
