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Midlife hypertension is associated with subsequent risk of dementia
Elevated blood pressure in midlife is associated with risk of subsequent dementia, but whether the risk is treatable is unclear.
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Ketogenic diets are what’s cooking for drug-refractory epilepsy
BANGKOK – New developments in a long-established form of epilepsy therapy.
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Asthma hospitalization in kids linked with doubled migraine incidence
PHILADELPHIA – Data from 11 million U.S. pediatric inpatients showed a doubled rate of migraine diagnoses among kids hospitalized for asthma.
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Study: Cardiac biomarkers predicted CV events in CAP
The results suggest a change in usual practice is needed to reduce cardiovascular community-acquired pneumonia complications, according to a study...
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Medicare’s CAR T-cell coverage decision draws praise, but cost issues linger
CMS officials have created a roadmap for coverage and payment for CAR T-cell therapies through a national coverage determination and the Medicare...
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Treatment of episodic cluster headache deviates from recommendations
PHILADELPHIA – Among patients with episodic cluster headache, use of acute medications is high, but use of...
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What is the future of celiac disease management?
CHICAGO – Investigators are studying new drugs, as well as existing treatments for other indications, as potential...
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ECT breaks super-refractory status epilepticus
BANGKOK – Researcher calls ECT safe and efficacious adjunctive therapy in adults with super-refractory status epilepticus of the NORSE subtype.
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Mortality is high in pediatric superrefractory status epilepticus
BANGKOK – Fulminant cerebral edema was the leading cause of death.
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Neonatal epileptic syndromes are surprisingly common
BANGKOK – Nearly one in six severe epilepsies of infancy identified in a major study involved one of the neonatal or early infantile syndromes.