New research finds that one out of 12 people who have a stroke will likely soon have another stroke, and one out of four will likely die within one year. MUSC researchers, who led the study, say the findings highlight the vital need for better secondary stroke prevention. The study is published in the February [...]
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Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on the weekend appear more likely to receive the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator than patients admitted during the week, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, stroke death rates appear similar among weekend and weekday admissions.
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A study published in the January 8 issue of Science shows how cocaine alters the way the very genes in your brain operate. Understanding this process could eventually lead to new treatments for the 1.4 million Americans with cocaine problems, and millions more around the world. Peter Kalivas, Ph.D., Professor and Research Chair of Neuroscience [...]
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Dr. Jacobo Mintzer’s responds on the latest JAMA study published on December 29th showing that the drug Tarenflurbil does not appear to slow cognitive decline:
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Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disorder affecting over five million Americans today. The disease robs individuals of the basic intellectual functioning that makes us who we are. Although, the origin of [...] -
A new neurosurgical procedure may prove helpful for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) was found generally safe and provided significant improvement of depressive symptoms in a small group of patients, according to lead researcher Ziad Nahas, M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina. The data are reported in the on-line issue of Biological Psychiatry.
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A neurosurgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina shows how one person can make an impact and bring some of the leading institutions in the world together to empower others.
Tanzania has just three neurosurgeons; a ratio of one per 12.9 million people. The World Health Organization recommends one neurosurgeon for every 100,000 people in order to provide an adequate level of treatment. In the United States there are an estimated 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons.
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