This content is machine translated Cardiovascular risk Most brain strokes could be prevented Brain stroke is one of the leading causes of death and the most common reason for acquired disability in adulthood. A further increase in stroke incidence is expected in the…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Migraine Causes, trigger factors, therapy update Current and historical concepts on the origin of migraine, pain triggers and how to combat them. Latest potentially groundbreaking development in the prophylactic field: the CGRP antibodies.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Invasive symptomatic therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Early diaphragmatic stimulation in ALS harms Purpose: Can early diaphragmatic pacing in ALS delay the need for noninvasive ventilation?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease BRIVARACT II study on opicapone Purpose: A large proportion of patients with Mb. Parkinson’s disease experiences fluctuations in the effect of levodopa therapy during the course of the disease.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stroke Therapy “Patients benefit from intervention through the vascular system” At the 20th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society SHG, Prof. Jan Gralla, MD, from Inselspital Bern, Switzerland, spoke on “New Approaches in the Intra-arterial Treatment of Acute Stroke.”…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ACTRIMS Forum 2017 in Orlando B-cell-directed therapy under the microscope – what can we expect? At the ACTRIMS Forum 2017, B-cell depletion and thus the recently published results from the ORATORIO study in the New England Journal of Medicine were also on everyone’s lips. Not…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Focal neurological deficit Acute treatment of ischemic stroke Successful stroke treatment is carried out in dedicated centers (stroke units and stroke centers) by an experienced and specialized team. The standard of care in the acute phase is systemic…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Swiss Stroke Society SHG Quality assurance in cerebrovascular care throughout Switzerland The Swiss Stroke Society SHG celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016. As an interdisciplinary society, it is open to all professionals involved in cerebrovascular treatment and promotes clinical and scientific…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Brain disorders BrainCheck and BrainCoach in the family practice Early detection of brain disorders allows causal treatment of the underlying pathology in about 10% of cases and, in the case of irreversible neurodegenerative diseases, delay of deterioration by initiating…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Care of epilepsy patients An EMU for the Epilepsy Center of Eastern Switzerland The Epilepsy Center of the Clinic for Neurology at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen offers comprehensive medical care for epilepsy patients in Eastern Switzerland. Long-term EEGs can now also be…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Large tumor - large access? The keyhole concept in minimally invasive neurosurgery Case report: The 56-year-old patient had been suffering from headache and nausea and increasing psychomotor slowing for three months. Clinically, he presented with left facial nerve mouth branch weakness, left…
