Neurosurgery Perspective

• Should Medicine Be Boring? Heroic high-stakes medicine should be left to TV doctors, because the most effective care is performed with a level of precision bordering on the mechanical and the mundane.
  Medscape UK, April 01, 2025
• Whorls and Warnings: A Neonatal Scalp Puzzle
  Medscape Dermatology, March 26, 2025
• Young Woman’s Stroke Linked to Hormonal Contraceptives A 32-year-old woman’s stroke, linked to her use of oral contraceptives, demonstrates the need for heightened awareness of CVT, particularly in patients with risk factors for thrombosis.
  Medscape UK, March 20, 2025
• Pre-op Evaluations: Does This Patient Really Need One?   Primary care clinicians are frequently asked to conduct evaluations for patients scheduled for surgery. But which patients really need this, how extensive should it be, and should any meds be held?
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 13, 2024
• Episode 4: Central Nervous System Metastasis and HER2+ Breast Cancer   Drs Kathy Miller and Nancy U. Lin discuss central nervous system involvement in HER2 positive breast cancer, including the biology and management of patients.
  Medscape, October 22, 2024
• Q&A: Advances in Huntington Disease Dr Karen E. Anderson explores the latest guidelines and advancements in understanding Huntington disease mechanisms.
  Medscape Neurology, October 17, 2024
• Rising Costs: Medscape Physicians & Malpractice Report 2024 Medscape survey reveals medical malpractice premiums that doctors pay, top reasons for lawsuits, amounts of successful claims, and how litigation risk affects work lives.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 11, 2024
• Integrative Medicine in Neuro-oncology: Virtual Group Visits   Drs Kathrin LaFaver and Soma Sengupta discuss how to set up group visits to address a more integrative approach to neuro-oncology.
  Medscape Neurology, October 02, 2024
• One in Three Pro Football Players Think They Have CTE   A stunning number of still-living former football players perceive chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with clinical implications.
  Medscape, September 23, 2024
• Controlled Movement: Management Strategies for Essential Tremor Neurologists discuss the defining characteristics and pathology of essential tremor as well as the range of disability that may occur with disease progression.
  September 05, 2024
• Delayed Bleeding: The Silent Risk for Seniors   Drs Robert Glatter, Christina L. Shenvi, and Richard D. Shih discuss delayed intracranial hemorrhage among older patients taking preinjury anticoagulants who present with blunt head trauma.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, August 30, 2024
• Pawscription Pads: Docs and Their Dogs 2024 Discover the perfect prescription for doctors' ruff days: the wet kisses and warm hearts of their dogs.
  Medscape News Slideshows, July 22, 2024
• Can Intensive Lifestyle Changes Slow or Reverse Early Alzheimer's Disease? Neurologist Kathrin LaFaver interviews Dean Ornish, MD, about his recent study on intensive lifestyle changes to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Neurology, July 11, 2024
• Chronic Neck Pain: A Primary Care Approach The Curbsiders discuss how to evaluate a patient with neck pain, and differentiate between mechanical neck pain, radiculopathy, and myelopathy.
  The Curbsiders, July 10, 2024
• Updates in Parkinson's, ICH, Migraine, Muscular Dystrophy Prof Christoph Diener discusses his picks for updates in neurology that were published in April 2024.
  Medscape Neurology, May 23, 2024
• AANS 2024 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AANS 2024
  Medscape Neurology, May 08, 2024
• Wound Closure in Spinal Surgery: Patient Perception   Dr Ilyas S. Aleem stresses the connection between wound closure and a patient’s perception of their procedure and long-term outcomes.
  Medscape, March 13, 2024
• The Evolution of Wound Closure Techniques in Spinal Surgery   Dr IIlyas S. Aleem reports on how recent advancements in wound closure techniques and protocols have enhanced patient outcomes.
  Medscape, March 06, 2024
• 'Blog MD': Medical Blogs That Physicians Love Certain voices in today’s blogosphere are helping shape the healthcare narrative by providing insightful perspectives and topical information.
  Medscape News Slideshows, February 16, 2024
• Guidelines -- Brain Death Is Equal to Heart Death: Ethicist   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses new guidelines on brain death from the American Academy of Neurology.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 09, 2024