Cilostazol addition may prevent restenosis of carotid arteries after stenting Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Feb 2020 11:00 AM ISTLOS ANGELES -Blockage of the carotid artery is a major cause of stroke. Opening the carotid artery with a mesh tube known as a stent is an effective...
FDA approves first and only intravenous preventive treatment for migraine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Feb 2020 12:21 PM ISTDEERFIELD – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for VYEPTI™ (eptinezumab-jjmr) as a preventive treatment of migraine in...
Higher fruit, vegetables, fibre, dairy intakes lower ischaemic stroke risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Feb 2020 12:04 PM ISTType of Food has an association with stroke occurrence. Until now, most studies have looked at the association between food and total stroke i.e.all...
Intracranial stents safely reduce recurrence risk of ischemic stroke: WOVEN trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Feb 2020 11:15 AM ISTLOS ANGELES -- Intracranial stents safely reduce risk of recurrence is the finding of WOVEN trial which is one of the largest on-label, intracranial...
Prehospital treatment in mobile units decreases disability in stroke patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Feb 2020 10:45 AM ISTLOS ANGELES -- Mobile stroke units equipped with CT for prehospital thrombolysis not only reduce time to treatment, but had higher rates of...
New device designed to treat intracranial aneurysms receives CE Mark Approval Medha Baranwal23 Feb 2020 7:45 PM ISTUK: A new device for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms -- Contour Neurovascular System -- has received European CE Mark approval, announced...
Apixaban linked to lower bleeding risk, death compared to warfarin Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Feb 2020 12:00 PM ISTLOS ANGELES -- Researchers have confirmed in a secondary analysis that treatment with the blood thinner apixaban was associated with a lower risk of...
Nerinetide improves brain cell survival after clot retrieval Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Feb 2020 11:45 AM ISTNerinetide an experimental drug is a neuroprotectant that is effective in preclinical stroke models of ischaemia-reperfusion. Researchers have zeroed...
Varenicline safe for smoking cessation finds a large study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Feb 2020 5:15 PM ISTCanada: A real-world study of over 600,000 adult participants without a history of depression has found that the stop-smoking medication varenicline...
Mood swings in bipolar disorder linked to altered potassium levels in neurons Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Feb 2020 4:58 PM ISTLA JOLLA-Mood swings in bipolar disorder linked to altered potassium levels in neurons in a new study appearing in the journal Biological...
Low dose tenectaplase may obviate need of thrombectomy in stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Feb 2020 9:44 AM ISTLOS ANGELES --Thrombolytic agents like alteplase have been mainstay of treatment of ischemic strokes for several years.Tenecteplase is a genetically...
Neurological disorders associated with 80% higher suicide rate: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Feb 2020 4:03 PM ISTDenmark: Neurological disorders confer increased suicide risk to the patients afflicted by them. Neurological disorders have been linked to suicide,...
