http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A team of interventional neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins reports wide success with a new procedure to treat pseudotumor cerebri, a rare but potentially blinding condition marked by excessive pressure inside the skull, caused by a dangerous narrowing of a vein located at the base of the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-brain-stent-alternative-shunt-potentially.html Ophthalmology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:10:01 EST news282422111 Neurosurgeons from UC San Francisco describe the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in guiding resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Ingestion of 5-ALA by a patient before surgery leads to fluorescence of tumor cells intraoperatively in response to certain wavelengths of light. This can provide information not necessarily available through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the standard mode of imaging used to detect primary and recurrent GBMs. The additional information provided by 5-ALA fluorescence can guide surgeons in the treatment of individual cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ala-fluorescence-resection-recurrent-glioblastoma.html Cancer Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:25:24 EST news280495507 Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly turned off, according to a report published online Feb. 11 in the journal Movement Disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dystonia-cases-deep-brain-therapy.html Neuroscience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:03:19 EST news279910984 A new endoscopic surgical procedure has been shown to be safer and to result in better outcomes than the current standard medical treatment for patients who suffer strokes as a result of brain hemorrhages, UCLA neurosurgeons have announced. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-brain-hemorrhage-patients.html Surgery Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:32:31 EST news279876703 (Medical Xpress)—With demand for unresolved back pain relief growing as the U.S. population ages, Rush University Medical Center is doing more minimally invasive spine surgery procedures that allow patients to return to normal, day-to-day activities faster than if they undergo conventional surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-minimally-invasive-spine-surgery-real-time.html Surgery Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:30:01 EST news277460037 The average physician can expect to spend nearly 11 per cent of his or her career with a malpractice claim waiting to be resolved. Some specialists will spend nearly a third of their careers with open claims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-looming-malpractice-resolution-ten-cent.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:10 EST news276772415 Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, have found an association in the United States between a higher density of neurologists and neurosurgeons and a decreased risk of death from stroke. The findings of their study are described in the article "Association of a higher density of specialist neuroscience providers with fewer deaths from stroke in the United States population. Clinical article," by Atman Desai, M.D., and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-neurologists-neurosurgeons-deaths.html Surgery Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:02 EST news273435916 Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire have found an association between increasing the distribution of neurosurgeons throughout the United States and decreasing the risk of death from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). The findings of their study are described in the article "Increased population density of neurosurgeons associated with decreased risk of death from MVAs in the United States. Clinical article," by Atman Desai, M.D., and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-greater-availability-neurosurgeons-death-motor.html Neuroscience Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:42:17 EST news262345224 Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of unruptured brain aneurysms, outcomes have remained stagnant over the last 10 years. This can be explained by the dramatic proliferation of minimally invasive endoscopic coiling procedures at lower-volume community hospitals, where outcomes are inferior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-large-medical-centers-edge.html Cardiology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:40:04 EST news247324505 The recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a brain aneurysm device has opened the door for neurosurgeons at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) to offer advanced treatment to patients suffering from large or giant aneurysms who otherwise have limited, effective options. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-fda-brain-aneurysm-device-jefferson.html Other Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:13:41 EST news222362008