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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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EEG asymmetry predicts poor pediatric ECMO outcomes
ST. LOUIS – Researchers said “we need to look more closely into brain blood flow patterns” on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Regular drinking a greater AFib risk than binge drinking
Regular drinking may increase the risk of AFib more than binge drinking does.
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Eating disorders may add to poor type 2 control, but BMI confounds the issue
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Inspector General: NIH must improve conflict of interest reviews
The staff of NIH Institutes and Centers applied inconsistent levels of scrutiny to each other.
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Primary periodic paralysis attacks reduced with long-term dichlorphenamide
AUSTIN, TEX. – The majority of paresthesia and cognition-related adverse events were mild or moderate with few participants discontinuing the...
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Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease describe wide range of care
AUSTIN – An interim analysis examines the use of physical therapy, surgery, medications, orthoses, and walking aids in more than 400 adults with...
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Researchers identify common reasons for misdiagnosis of ALS
AUSTIN – Particular clinical presentations and cognitive biases are associated with misdiagnosis of patients who...
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FDA gives nod to earlier use of Nplate in adults with ITP
The drug is now indicated for newly diagnosed and persistent adult patients with immune thrombocytopenia and an insufficient response to other...
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Obesity ups type 2 diabetes risk far more than lifestyle, genetics
BARCELONA –