Patients with ischemic stroke on antiplatelet therapy are at a significantly higher risk for symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) following thrombolysis, but the absolute increased risk is […]

For those outside the medical profession, it took a global pandemic to finally understand how pervasive distress and suicide are among medical professionals, particularly surgeons. For […]

New findings challenge the practice of rapidly lowering blood pressure (BP) in acute ischemic stroke to allow for speedy thrombolysis. The observational cluster study showed that […]

BASEL, SWITZERLAND — Minor ischemic stroke patients with intracranial occlusion should not be treated with IV thrombolysis, a new trial has concluded. Results from the randomized […]

Access to thrombectomy for stroke patients living in rural areas can be improved by introducing specific imaging software and a training package to remote hospitals and […]

Bilateral focused ultrasound central lateral thalamotomy (CLT) for refractory trigeminal neuralgia (TN) was well tolerated and improved outcomes on several multidimensional pain instruments in a phase […]

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest.  […]

Some patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who died because life support was withdrawn may have survived and recovered at least partial independence if the […]

BASEL, Switzerland — Early reduction of blood pressure has a beneficial effect in hemorrhagic stroke but a detrimental effect in ischemic stroke, new trial data show. […]