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Undiagnosed prediabetes pervasive among stroke survivors
Major Finding: One in three survivors of an acute stroke has undiagnosed prediabetes, and another 3.7% have undiagnosed diabetes mellitus.Data...
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VIDEO: Happy patients, happy physician practice
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Novel hemorrhagic stroke therapy bests medical management
Major Finding: One year after undergoing a novel minimally invasive surgical procedure for treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage, patients had...
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VIDEO: Marijuana may raise stroke risk
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Carotid Bypass Surgery May Not Improve Cognition After Stroke
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Delay in Dissolving Clots May Worsen Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
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Surgical Procedure May Improve Hemorrhagic Stroke Outcomes
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Primary care docs unsure when to refer for pediatric epilepsy surgery
Major Finding: When asked the threshold of refractory epilepsy, 61% of physicians surveyed did not know, and most of these were family physicians...
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Laser ablation rivaled open surgery for epileptogenic lesions
Major Finding: Minimally invasive laser ablation of focal epileptogenic lesions produced about a 70% seizure-free success rate in a study of six...
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Loneliness common in youth with epilepsy
Major Finding: Compared with their healthy peers, a higher proportion of youth with epilepsy reported that they felt lonely (10.7% vs. 5.5%).
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Neurologic impairment before epilepsy affects long-term outcomes
Major Finding: Among children with convulsive status epilepticus and prior neurologic impairment, the odds ratio for active epilepsy at long-term...