Neurosurgery News

• Nummular Headache Linked to Range of Secondary Causes The largest case series to date of this rare headache type saw intracranial lesions, skin disorders, and other causes in more than a quarter of patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 01, 2025
• Physical Exams Add Less Than 5 Minutes to Neurology Consults A new study found that both new and follow-up patients, when examined, are evaluated efficiently, although many are not examined at all.
  Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2024
• WSC 2024 New Data to Alter Planned ICH Guidelines European hemorrhagic stroke guidelines planned for release in early 2024 are on hold to accommodate newly published data, some of which will alter recommendations.
  Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2024
• AANEM 2024 New Tool Aims to Stop ALS Diagnosis Delays Clinicians can take more than a year to figure out what’s wrong.
  Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2024
• Falls Linked to Increased Dementia Risk in Older Adults "Implementing cognitive screening after injurious falls in older adults may aid in the timely diagnosis of dementia."
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2024
• Women Are Entering Higher-Paid MD Specialties at Higher Rates But they still haven't reached parity with men, especially outside of surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, October 03, 2024
• Ukraine's Neurosurgeons Don't 'Just' Perform Brain Surgery Despite the war, they are innovating, reforming, and carving out space in the global community.
  Medscape Medical News, October 01, 2024
• 'Shed the Lead' and the Injuries in the Cath Lab Lead attire protects against radiation but can cause serious orthopaedic injury. One interventionalists near paralysis led his hospital to buy a lead-free protection system. Should all labs follow suit?
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2024
• Untreated Brain Aneurysms Raise Mental Illness Risk Untreated unruptured intracranial aneurysms were linked to a 10% higher risk for mental illness, especially among younger people and those requiring psychotherapy.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2024
• Moderate Exercise in Midlife Linked to Lower Risk for ALS Moderate exercise in midlife is associated with a reduced risk for ALS later in life, but this benefit appears to be limited to men, findings from a large prospective study showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• PNS 2024 Combo Therapy for CIDP Benefits Despite Clotting Risk OPTIC trial investigators reported sustained improvements in CIPD with intravenous immunoglobulin plus methylprednisolone after early termination for thromboembolic events.
  Medscape Medical News, July 03, 2024
• AHS 2024 Potential Genes Identified for Posttraumatic Headache Susceptibility to posttraumatic headache could be linked to mutations in ion channel and ion transporter genes, according to results from a preliminary study.
  MDedge News, June 21, 2024
• How a Mindset Shift Can Transform the Way You Practice Life-changing insights and reflection — some mundane, some extreme — helped these MDs forge a more meaningful connection with their work and patients.
  Medscape Medical News, June 12, 2024
• Blood Test a 'Game Changer' for Faster Stroke Diagnosis, Tx When combined with clinical scores, a "game-changing" blood test can expedite the diagnosis and treatment of large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, new data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2024
• Commonly Used Meds Tied to Lower Risk for Aneurysm Rupture Commonly prescribed drugs are associated with lower risk for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Conversely, four other meds were tied to an increased risk for the condition.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2024
• ESOC 2024 Decompressive Craniectomy Beneficial in Severe, Deep ICH Decompressive craniectomy appears to benefit patients with severe deep intracerebral hemorrhage, new research showed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2024
• AANS 2024 Suicide in Surgeons: The Toll of a High-Stakes Career Physicians are more than twice as likely to die by suicide, and surgeons are at particularly high risk due at least in part to the US neurosurgeon shortage.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2024
• AANS 2024 Diabetes/Weight Loss Med Linked to Repeat Spinal Surgery The diabetes/weight loss drug semaglutide is associated with a significantly greater risk for repeat operations in patients with diabetes who require lumbar surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, May 08, 2024
• Study Identifies Risk Factors for TBI in Elderly Clinically important traumatic brain injury occurred in one in 5 older patients with head injuries.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2024
• Where Do Postoperative Infections Come From? In most cases, the bacteria causing infection are genetically similar to those present on the patient's body before the operation, data indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2024