Tag: sex differences
Rates of stroke, death and myocardial infarction post-TCAR do not differ...
While sex disparities regarding the outcomes of carotid revascularisation have “long been a concern”, new prospective data published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery...
Young neurosurgeon awarded US$150,000 to study higher cerebral aneurysm rate in...
A young neurosurgeon and researcher from Buffalo, USA has been awarded US$150,000 via the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Foundation/Cerebrovascular (CV) Young Investigator Grant...
Women in Neurointervention: How do we boost representation within “male-dominated” field?
Female representation in the neurointerventional world may be growing, but Johanna Fifi (Mount Sinai, New York, USA) and Anne-Christine Januel (Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse,...
Research indicates women are less likely to be routed to comprehensive...
Despite having worse stroke symptoms and living within comparable distances to comprehensive stroke centres (CSCs), women with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischaemic stroke...
Trend toward gender parity in faculty “has not translated” to stroke...
The favourable trend toward gender parity that has been seen within neurology faculty over the past decade “has not translated” to the leadership of...
Sex found to be “important variable” in study and treatment of...
A systematic review and meta-analysis have demonstrated “convincing evidence” that sex differences exist in carotid atherosclerosis, with all types of plaque features—including those relating...
Spinal cord stimulation and other modalities will benefit from greater understanding...
Despite their clear significance in pain management, gender differences relating to the ways patients respond to neuromodulation therapies are relatively poorly understood and underpinned...
AHA statement highlights need for more data on sex differences in...
A new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement has highlighted the need for more data about sex differences in the use of and response...
