In a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study of an asymptomatic, multi-ethnic Dallas community, brain MRI biomarkers measuring volume were associated with cognitive functions, as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
In a well-designed animal model of traumatic brain injury, a sleep disorder was induced that resembles, in many ways, what is observed in spontaneous human narcolepsy.
In an analysis of a large dataset from several large integrated health care systems of patients older than 65 years of age with new-onset low back pain, early spine imaging did not alter management or outcomes, but added considerable cost to their care.
Hypothermia therapy is effective after severe traumatic brain injury for patients ages 50 years and younger. However, mortality was increased in patients treated with hypothermia who had diffuse injury with swelling on CT.
On April 17, 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of two randomized clinical trials of endovascular stent-retriever clot extraction for ischemic stroke, simultaneous with their presentation at the European Stroke Conference. These two studies, added to those presented and published at the International Stroke Conference in February, bring the total number of studies to five that have shown dramatic benefits of this therapy in appropriately selected patients with acute ischemic stroke.
