Neurology
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Increased heroin use may not be linked to rise in prescription opioid use
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Tuberculous meningitis: Intensified anti-TB therapy not useful
Intensified antituberculosis therapy doesn’t appear to improve survival in adults with tuberculous meningitis, compared with standard treatment,...
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Mavoglurant disappoints in fragile X trials
The selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonist mavoglurant failed to improve behavioral symptoms in patients with fragile X...
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Hospital-acquired pneumonia threatens cervical spinal cord injury patients
The overall rate of hospital-acquired pneumonia following cervical spinal cord injury is about 20%, results from a study of national data...
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AES: Seizure freedom attainable for most epilepsy patients
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Cold weather linked to increase in strokes, MI
Expect noticeably more hospital admissions for stroke and ischemic heart disease on cold weather days.
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Hepatitis C linked to Parkinson’s disease
Hepatitis C infection may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a nationwide population-based study from the Taiwan National...
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AES: Sparse evidence hints at epilepsy disease modification
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Have the conversation early: research proxies in Alzheimer’s disease
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More funding, new programs headline NIA’s 2015 Alzheimer’s report
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AES: Three studies show generic lamotrigine equals Lamictal
Key clinical point: Results from three separate, randomized trials in epilepsy patients showed that generic lamotrigine performed identically to...