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Race/ethnicity, other factors predict PTSD and depression after mild TBI
Patients with mild traumatic brain injury who are black or have a history of mental illness are at greater risk of developing PTSD, depression.
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DBS may improve nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
LAS VEGAS – Stimulation of the GPI, but not of the STN, is associated with improvement in sialorrhea and urinary...
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SPRINT MIND published: Extension trial to add 2 years’ follow-up
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Peripheral nerve stimulation reduces hand tremor
LAS VEGAS – Hand tremor and activities of daily living are improved by noninvasive neuromodulation in patients with...
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Routine clinical data may predict psychiatric adverse effects from levetiracetam
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Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
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Benefit of thrombectomy may be universal
The proportional benefit of thrombectomy is uniform among various subgroups of patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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Before you refer for AF ablation
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Topping the counseling checklist: Convey realistic expectations about benefits, awareness of serious late complications.
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Diagnosing OSA: Polysomnography beats Fitbit, apps
The device and applications universally overestimated sleep time and showed only moderate association between sleep efficiency and AHI...
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Drug-pricing policies find new momentum as ‘a 2020 thing’
Spurred on by midterm election results that showed health care to be a deciding issue, lawmakers are pushing a bevy of new proposals and...
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DBS provides long-term benefits for patients with Parkinson’s disease
LAS VEGAS – A large-scale collection of outcomes suggests that DBS offers sustained improvement of motor and nonmotor symptoms.