Neurology News

Immigrants to Canada had lower rates of stroke or transient ischemic attack compared with long-term residents, with rates varying by age, stroke type and country of origin, according to results of a province-wide retrospective analysis.

In patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis requiring intervention, there was no difference in 5-year stroke risk between those assigned carotid artery stenting and those assigned carotid endarterectomy.

The FDA approved the Vivistim System, a drug-free rehabilitation system using vagus nerve stimulation for treating moderate and severe upper extremity mobility loss caused by chronic ischemic stroke.

Older adults with Parkinson’s disease who used Nuplazid had increased risk for hospitalization and death at certain timepoints after initiation compared with nonusers, according to study results published in Neurology.

For 2 years, Kellie Lease Stecher, MD, had advocated for safe reporting structures at her institution so that incidents of harassment could be submitted anonymously and evaluated objectively.

The future of physician burnout prevention relies on breaking old ways of thinking and using new technologies to not only optimize wellness but reimagine what personalized precision medicine looks like.

Results from a multicohort study of individuals in the U.S., U.K. and Europe revealed that people with high cognitively stimulating jobs were less likely to develop dementia in old age than those with low stimulating jobs.

There are six major drivers of physician burnout, all of which can be addressed by effective leadership, according to a presentation at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit.

Physicians have the opportunity to shift the systems of health care, as well as the culture of medicine, to help fight back against burnout, according to a presentation at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit.

The struggle to balance a career in medicine and a family life is very real, but there are effective strategies to achieve an equilibrium, a speaker at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit said.