High Blood Pressure Has the Biggest Impact on Brain Health as We Age When assessing the 17 modifiable risk factors, high blood pressure (hypertension) emerged as the one with the biggest impact.

DCI is monitored with neurological exams and/or transcranial Doppler sonography. However, DCI is not recognized in poor-grade patients with standard monitoring techniques. Vascular and perfusion ...

The ISAT trial enrolled 2134 good-grade patients with mostly small aneurysms (<10 mm) in the anterior circulation in a randomized fashion to undergo aneurysm clipping or coiling. [95, 111] At 1 ...

A common diabetes drug may be the next big thing for migraine relief. In a clinical study, obese patients with chronic migraines who took liraglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, experienced over 50 ...

A diabetes medication that lowers brain fluid pressure has cut monthly migraine days by more than half, according to a new study presented today at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress ...

Researchers at the Headache Centre of the University of Naples “Federico II” gave the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist liraglutide to 26 adults with obesity and chronic migraine.

Leaders regularly need to make decisions under intense pressure. Pierluigi Collina, one of the world’s most respected football referees, reveals how to make the best choices possible in the heat of ...

The patient was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis and related intracranial tuberculoma. Quadruple anti-TB therapy was commenced in addition to the administration of dexamethasone and mannitol to ...

In this prospective cohort study, we used data from the Barcelona Life Study Cohort, Spain, which recruited 1080 pregnant women at 8–14 weeks of gestation between Oct 16, 2018, and April 14, 2021, ...

Methods In this prospective cohort study, we used data from the Barcelona Life Study Cohort, Spain, which recruited 1080 pregnant women at 8–14 weeks of gestation between Oct 16, 2018, and April 14, ...

Correctly taking blood pressure can help improve accuracy and reduce erroneous readings. Here is how to do it: Apply the blood pressure cuff snugly against the skin of the arm. Do not talk while your ...