Neurology
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Practice tips for opioid prescribing
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Memantine helped to delay driving impairment in early Alzheimer’s
Major finding: In terms of driving ability, 100% of patients in the memantine group remained the same or improved, compared with 75% of those in...
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Nerve growth factor gene therapy delivered safely in Alzheimer’s patients
Major finding: At 24 months, human nerve growth factor gene therapy via bilateral stereotactic injection into the nucleus basalis of Meynert was...
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Maternal lupus doubled autism risk
Major finding: Children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus had an adjusted 2.3-fold increased risk of being diagnosed with an...
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Headache neuroimaging and medication no-nos highlighted in new list
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FDA approves neurostimulator device for treatment-resistant epilepsy
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Capsaicin 8% patch offers relief for brachioradial pruritus
Major finding: Three weeks after a single hour-long application of the capsaicin 8% patch known as Qutenza, mean itch intensity on a 0-10 visual...
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FDA panel has mixed votes on alemtuzumab for multiple sclerosis
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Small study: TBI leads to rapid deposition of brain amyloid
Major finding: Amyloid was located with significantly greater concentration in the cortical gray matter and striatum of TBI patients, compared...
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Oxycodone-naloxone nips RLS symptoms after other treatment failures
Major finding: After 12 weeks of oxycodone-naloxone therapy, 42% of patients with treatment-resistant restless legs syndrome had symptom remission...