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Database of Eye-Tracking Movements Could Aid Diagnosis and Treatment
Wednesday, April 03, 2019—Eye-tracking technology (Brain Health EyeQ; RightEye, Bethesda, MD) that captures data on people’s eye movements has been used to produce a database of 1 billion data po…
Dizziness and Vertigo
Ari A. Shemesh, MD; and Daniel R. Gold, DO
March/April 2019—Part 1: Untangling the complexity of dizziness and vertigo requires a careful history.
Expanded Access to Free Genetic Testing for Children with Epilepsy
Wednesday, February 27, 2019—Eligibility for a program that provides free genetic testing for epilepsy in young children has been expanded. The Behind the Seizure program, which had been available for pat…
New CPT Code for Electrocorticography From Responsive Neurostimulator
Wednesday, February 13, 2019—The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new Category/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for electrocorticography from an implanted brain neurostimulato…
FDA Recalls Software Used with Surgical Navigation System
Wednesday, January 30, 2019—Medtronic has recalled software used during biopsy procedures due to reports that the products -- Synergy Cranial Software and StealthStation S7 Cranial Software -- provided i…
FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for Alzheimer’s Disease Screening Test
Wednesday, January 30, 2019—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for a brain amyloidosis blood test (C2N Diagnostics, St. Louis, MO) that screens patien…
Case Report: A Woman with Tinnitus and Tongue Atrophy
Jason A. Ellis, MD; Tejaswi D. Sudhakar; Asif Rahman; Rafael A. Ortiz, MD; David J. Langer, MD; John A. Boockvar, MD; and Steven Mandel, MD
February 2019—Glomus tumors, the great masquerader, have variable presentation and multiple treatment options.
FDA Approves Use of Imaging Platform to Select Patients for Clot Removal
Friday, January 18, 2019—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a neuroimaging platform (RAPID; iSchemaView, Menlo Park, CA) for selecting stroke patients who are likely to benefit from e…
