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Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease
Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease News
IM 2018Wearables Can Enhance Practice, But Questions RemainPhysicians are embracing wearables, and are now reimbursed for time spent analyzing data, but the lack of research on the devices and legal issues are still issues.
Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2018
Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients and DoctorsRoughly half of patients don’t take their high blood pressure medicine as they should, even though heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Now, a drug test can flag whether a patient is taking the prescribed medication and is meant to spark a more truthful conversation between patient and doctor.
tPA in Stroke: 'The Facts Are Clear'Thrombolytic treatment for stroke remains controversial among specialties. Here, a neurologist argues for its use.
Medscape Neurology, April 20, 2018
The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke A New York Times article siding with neurologists in their debate with emergency medicine over the benefits of tPA in ischemic stroke prompted Dr Mandrola to take a closer look at the data.
