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Statins crush early seizure risk poststroke
BANGKOK – Statin initiation upon hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke was linked to a major antiseizure benefit in a Japanese study.
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Gum bacteria and Alzheimer’s: A hypothesis inches forward
LOS ANGELES – Results from a small trial saw neutralizing P. gingivalis associated with biomarker changes; a larger trial is planned.
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Minor surgeries appear safe for hemophilia patients on emicizumab
MELBOURNE – Patients with hemophilia A treated with emicizumab can safely undergo minor surgery, often without needing prophylactic coagulation...
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New analysis challenges fluid resuscitation guidelines for patients in shock
For children in shock, fluid resuscitation has counterproductive effects on respiratory and neurologic function.
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Cutaneous reaction to AEDs? Think autoimmune epilepsy
BANGKOK – Four of five neuronal autoantibody-positive chronic epilepsy patients had skin reactions to their antiepileptic drugs.
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Most authors of endoscopy practice guidelines have undisclosed financial conflicts
SAN DIEGO – Manual reconciliation of disclosed payments with a federal database showed wide discrepancies.
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Gynecologic surgeries linked with persistent opioid use
Nearly 7% of women received new opioid prescriptions months after common – and even minimally invasive – gynecologic procedures.
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Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities, and dementia: What’s the link?
LOS ANGELES – Findings from a French cohort suggest that a vascular pathway, independent of amyloid, bears on cognitive decline.
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Nearly 20% of migraineurs use opioids for migraine
PHILADELPHIA – People with 4 or more migraine headache days per month are more likely to use opioids, compared with people with fewer migraine...
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Alzheimer’s disease raises risk for recurrent seizures
LOS ANGELES – In one cohort study, nearly 70% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had one seizure had another within months, and seizures were...