Diener on Neurology

• 20 Years of Progress in Secondary Stroke Prevention   Dr Diener discusses some of the milestones in the last 20 years for secondary stroke prevention.
  Medscape Neurology, November 25, 2015
• New Developments in Reversing Anticoagulation   Dr Christoph Diener reviews the results of three recent studies on reversing anticoagulation with warfarin and dabigatran in patients undergoing surgery or with major bleeding.
  Medscape Neurology, September 10, 2015
• Three New Trials in Stroke: CADISS, VISSIT, and ATTEST   Dr Diener reviews three recently published trials with new findings for dissection in intracranial stenosis and thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, July 21, 2015
• Early Mobilization After Acute Stroke   Dr Diener comments on the recently published AVERT trial, which compared early mobilization vs standard care in patients with acute stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, July 17, 2015
• Results From Two Recent Stroke Trials   Dr Diener reports on two recent trials: the DIAS-3 trial evaluating desmoteplase in acute ischemic stroke, and the VAST trial evaluating stenting for patients with vertebral stenosis.
  Medscape Neurology, July 15, 2015
• Good News From Four Interventional Stroke Trials   Dr Diener describes results of four trials showing that endovascular treatment following tPA leads to better outcomes than tPA alone.
  Medscape Neurology, July 10, 2015
• Further Optimizing tPA Use in Ischemic Stroke   Dr Hans Christoph-Diener discusses a study looking at how time of treatment, age, and stroke severity affects outcomes in those treated with rtPA.
  Medscape Neurology, October 16, 2014
• Monoclonal Antibody Shows Promise for Migraine Prevention   The search for a medication to prevent migraine without causing annoying adverse effects may finally be at an end. Prof Diener explains.
  Medscape Neurology, October 10, 2014
• Increased Stroke Risk Caused by Warfarin?   An increase in stroke risk supports the theory of a transient hypercoagulable state at the start of warfarin treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation.
  Medscape Neurology, September 19, 2014
• Are Triptans Safe During Pregnancy?   A 16-year study assesses the safety of triptan treatment for migraine in pregnant women.
  Medscape Neurology, August 21, 2014
• Cryptogenic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation   Hans-Christoph Diener comments on 2 important new studies demonstrating that a significant proportion of patients with cryptogenic stroke have a treatable risk factor.
  Medscape Neurology, August 05, 2014
• Six Stroke Trials to Know   Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener looks at results presented at the 2014 European Stroke Conference – have we "reached a ceiling of clinical benefit"?
  Medscape Neurology, July 08, 2014
• An Option for Migraine Prevention?   Although not yet approved for migraine, candesartan is promising in a placebo-controlled comparison trial.
  Medscape Neurology, June 02, 2014
• Pregabalin vs Pramipexole in Restless Legs Syndrome   A new study looks at the efficacy of pregabalin and pramipexole in RLS, and also their potential to cause symptom augmentation.
  Medscape Neurology, March 14, 2014
• An Option in Migraine Prevention?   A recent study compares candesartan and propranolol for migraine prophylaxis.
  Medscape Neurology, March 05, 2014
• Novel Anticoagulants vs Warfarin: Latest Analyses   For patients with atrial fibrillation, 4 novel anticoagulants appear to be slightly more effective and safer than warfarin for preventing ischemic stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, January 30, 2014
• 2013 Neurology Studies Not to Miss   Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener revisits advances in neurology from 2013 that you should not miss.
  Medscape Neurology, January 28, 2014
• New Anticoagulants and the Risk for Intracranial Hemorrhage How do the risks for intracranial bleeding with new oral anticoagulants compare with that of warfarin?
  Medscape Neurology, December 11, 2013
• Stroke Prevention in Patients With Mechanical Heart Valves   Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener discusses the RE-ALIGN trial comparing dabigatran vs warfarin in patients with mechanical heart valves.
  Medscape Neurology, October 28, 2013
• Important Treatment Data in Chronic Migraine   Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener discusses new data looking at the use of onabotulinumtoxinA in patients with baseline headache medication overuse.
  Medscape Neurology, July 26, 2013