Latest Stroke articles from the BMJ

Acute headache and visual field defect

Wed, 04 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

What companies don’t tell you about screening

Wed, 28 March 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease: results from the Framingham Heart Study

Mon, 12 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Serious risks from metal-on-metal hip implants

Thu, 01 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Deep brain stimulation therapy

Tue, 21 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Phaeochromocytoma

Mon, 20 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A 51 year old woman presented with a few months’ history of episodic anxiety associated with sweating, flushing, and palpitations. The symptoms were thought to be menopausal but they were not relieved by oestrogen hormone replacement therapy. Her general practitioner suspects phaeochromocytoma and refers her to an endocrinologist. Bijay Vaidya and colleagues explain how to proceed, in the latest article in our occasional series highlighting conditions that may be more common than many doctors realise or may be missed at first presentation.

Does psychoanalysis have a valuable place in modern mental health services? Yes

Mon, 20 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Peter Fonagy and Alessandra Lemma say that the psychoanalytical approach can provide a useful and unique contribution to modern healthcare, but Paul Salkovskis and Lewis Wolpert argue that it may have no place there at all.

Managing hyperacute ischaemic stroke with interventional neuroradiology

Mon, 13 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Diagnosis and management of Raynaud’s phenomenon

Tue, 07 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Pragmatic randomised trials using routine electronic health records: putting them to the test

Tue, 07 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention: systematic review and meta-analysis

Fri, 03 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Enoxaparin for anticoagulation in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Fri, 03 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Physical activity for cancer survivors

Tue, 31 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Physical activity for cancer survivors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Tue, 31 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Evidence and desperation in off-label prescribing: recombinant factor VIIa

Mon, 16 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Wendy Lipworth and colleagues explore why clinicians prescribe recombinant factor VIIa off-label for major haemorrhage, despite a lack of supporting evidence—and why this matters.

Could NICE guidance on the choice of blood pressure lowering drugs be simplified?

Fri, 13 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Navigating the shoals in hypertension: discovery and guidance

Fri, 13 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Antihypertensives in people with gout or asymptomatic hyperuricaemia

Thu, 12 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Allocation concealment

Wed, 11 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Higher senior staffing levels at weekends and reduced mortality

Tue, 10 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000