Neurology
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Estrogen therapy linked to brain atrophy in women with diabetes
Women with type 2 diabetes who take estrogen therapy showed lower total gray matter volume, with atrophy particularly in evidence in the...
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VIDEO: Investigating the role of plasmalogens in Alzheimer’s disease
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VIDEO: Dementia risk doubled in type 1 diabetes patients
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AAIC: Sedentary early adulthood may mean worse cognitive functioning later
Key clinical point: Too little exercise and too much couch time in early adulthood significantly increases the risk of dementia when people reach...
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IHC: Acupuncture deflates migraine
Acupuncture is at least as effective for migraine prophylaxis as standard preventive medications.
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SVS: Beta-blockers cut stroke, death risk in carotid stenting
Key clinical point: Carotid artery stenting is safer if patients have been on beta-blockers for at least a month beforehand. Major finding: The...
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SVS: Stroke reduction outweighs bleeding risk of dual antiplatelet therapy in CEA
Key clinical point: Strokes are less likely after CEA if patients are on perioperative clopidogrel and aspirin. Major finding: On multivariate...
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Mixed pathologies are very common in black Alzheimer’s patients
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Player-to-player contact, not ‘heading,’ is main source of soccer concussions
Head contact with other players, not with the ball, is the main source of concussions among high-school soccer players of both sexes.
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Intranasal evaporative cooling quickly quelled migraine
Key clinical point: A few minutes of concentrated intranasal hypothermia shows promise as rescue therapy for migraine attacks. Major finding:...
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SVS: Don’t let TPA delay urgent carotid interventions for mild and moderate strokes
Tissue plasminogen activator may not contraindicate urgent carotid endarterectomies or stenting.