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@UTHNeuro @UTHoustonStroke is #AllHandsIn on #WorldThrombectomyDay with @svinsociety @sushanth_aroor @KyrillosEskand3 @jepatinom @memorialhermann @Texas_Neuros @FurrStimming @AshuPJadhav @elghanemmoh

Happy Doctors Day to all! Thank you for your dedication, compassion, and tireless work in keeping us healthy. Your impact is felt every single day. 💙 #doctorsday

A video published by a Palestinian content creator shows a group of children carefully lifting their doll on a stretcher to reenact a funeral as they play together in a displacement camp in Gaza.

🚨🌏 New WSO Scientific Statement: Stroke & Climate Change 🌡️☁️Cold, heat extremes, temperature variability, pressure & humidity shifts, wildfire smoke, dust and sandstorms all linked to ⬆️higher stroke risk Read the statement here👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… @Anna_Ranta

Since the declaration of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks, killing hundreds of Palestinians in the besieged enclave. We track Israeli ceasefire violations to date aje.io/nt2f3u

We are THRILLED to announce that two of our Stroke Division research coordinators have matched into the UTHealth Neurology Residency today! 🧠✨ Congratulations to Joseph and Prasen, your hard work has truly paid off. We’re so proud (and lucky we get to keep you around)! 👏🎉

Video shows the moment a residential building collapsed in Beirut after an Israeli air strike, following an evacuation warning in the city’s central district.

Israeli forces attacked Palestinians with tear gas to prevent them from performing Eid prayers near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which has been closed by Israeli authorities since the start of the US and Israeli war on Iran.

The right hemisphere would like a word. Turns out the right brain has been getting robbed. Our new paper in @StrokeAHA_ASA shows right MCA strokes actually have worse inpatient outcomes than left. Higher mortality. More edema. More complications. Yet these patients often score lower on the NIH Stroke Scale. If your stroke does not affect speech, the system sometimes thinks you are doing just fine. Translation: patients with right hemisphere strokes can look “better” on paper while actually doing worse. #Stroke #NeuroTwitter #Thrombectomy #MedTwitter

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Nocturnal Hypertension and Prognosis in Patients of Very Advanced Age ahajrnls.org/4bGDw21

1/9 The 2026 ACC/AHA Dyslipidemia Guidelines are officially here! Replacing the 2018 guidelines, these new updates bring major shifts in risk assessment, novel lipid markers, and cholesterol targets. Here are the most salient features you need to know. 🧵👇 #Cardiology #MedTwitter

Repetitive negative thinking is associated with the accumulation of Alzheimer's dementia protein in the brain. Stay positive.

#MondayTip #Stroke is not the same in #women and men ☝️Women have unique risk factors (pregnancy complications, menopause), are more likely to be misdiagnosed, rec&eive thrombolysis less often, despite similar benefit Time for sex-responsive stroke care doi.org/10.1177/174749…

Women with Afib face a higher risk of stroke and worse outcomes, yet remain underrepresented in trials. This International Women’s Day, we’re proud to highlight this article—written by women in science. nature.com/articles/s4429… #InternationalWomensDay #StrokeResearch

In Alzheimer’s imaging, there are some things you just can’t forget!   New Alzheimer’s treatments are changing the way we look at these scans!   Removal of amyloid beta proteins from vessel walls by anti-amyloid antibodies leads increased vascular permeability.   This can cause edema or hemorrhage, called ARIA (Amyloid Related Imaging Abnormalities)   Grading of the degree of ARIA is important bc it can change management. Asymptomatic ARIA is usually treated by pausing treatment if it’s moderate to severe   For ARIA-E (edema) or ARIA-H (microhemorrhage), if the edema measure > 5 cm or number of microhemorrhages are >5, it is moderate   For superficial siderosis, 2 regions is considered moderate.   Remember it by this little rhyme: --If ARIA findings are great than 5, then the medication deprive --Or if siderosis is 2, then medication break for you!   Hopefully, now the grading of ARIA will stay in your memory!!

Getting to zero: what will it take to end violence against women? More and better data are needed—but enough evidence already exists to invest in bold action at scale. Read more in our latest issue: spkl.io/6014Axj2p

In patients with atrial fibrillation and recent stroke, adding catheter ablation to oral anticoagulation did not significantly reduce recurrent stroke, systemic embolism, death, or hospitalization for heart failure compared to standard therapy. ja.ma/3MSVgxN

#STROKE: First-in-human study to enable live visualization of intracranial, including stents, flow diverters & thrombectomy, without complications. ahajrnls.org/4srIRQt

Israel has killed at least 633 Palestinians and injured at least 1,703 since the ceasefire began on October 10. In total, they have killed at least 72,117 Palestinians and injured at least 171,801 since the beginning of its genocide in Gaza.

#MondayTip Hypoperfusion Intensity Ratio #HIR may be the most practical collateral biomarker in AIS ⬆️High HIR (>0.4) → rapid core growth, ↑ hemorrhage risk, worse mRS. ⬇️Low HIR → robust collaterals & better EVT outcomes. doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A…

The Israeli lockdown of Masjid al-Aqsa in the spiritual peak season of Ramadan continues into a third day on the pretext of the ongoing aggression on Iran. However, Athan and Fardh Salaah continues to be upheld in the Masjid by a small group of Masjid staff stationed there.