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NEW ORLEANS – A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome, according to reports given prior to the planned return of the patch to the U.S.... »
Study Extends Traumatic Brain Pathology to Blast-Exposed Veterans
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease observed in some athletes with a history of multiple... »
Fighters' Study Gives Clues to Brain Trauma Pathology
NEW ORLEANS – How long does it take before the cumulative effect of repeated blows to the head result in significant cognitive changes? Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of boxers and mixed martial arts fighters suggest that it takes maybe a dozen years – but that anatomical changes... »
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Rotigotine Patch Has Favorable Results in Parkinson's, Restless Legs
NEW ORLEANS – A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome,... »
Pregnancy, Contraception Data Highlighted in Epilepsy Registry
NEW ORLEANS – Women with epilepsy appear to have a significantly greater number of unintended pregnancies than does the general population and cite a wide variety of reasons for discontinuing different contraceptive methods,... »
Prediction Rule Targets Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs
NEW ORLEANS – The total defined daily dose of antiepileptic drugs was the best predictor of medication side effects in a clinical prediction rule developed from a single-center, cross-sectional study of 801 patients... »
NEW ORLEANS – A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome,... »
Pregnancy, Contraception Data Highlighted in Epilepsy Registry
NEW ORLEANS – Women with epilepsy appear to have a significantly greater number of unintended pregnancies than does the general population and cite a wide variety of reasons for discontinuing different contraceptive methods,... »
Prediction Rule Targets Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs
NEW ORLEANS – The total defined daily dose of antiepileptic drugs was the best predictor of medication side effects in a clinical prediction rule developed from a single-center, cross-sectional study of 801 patients... »
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Rotigotine Patch Has Favorable Results in Parkinson's, Restless Legs
NEW ORLEANS – A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome,... »
Fighters' Study Gives Clues to Brain Trauma Pathology
NEW ORLEANS – How long does it take before the cumulative effect of repeated blows to the head result in significant cognitive changes? Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of boxers and mixed martial arts fighters... »
Pregnancy, Contraception Data Highlighted in Epilepsy Registry
NEW ORLEANS – Women with epilepsy appear to have a significantly greater number of unintended pregnancies than does the general population and cite a wide variety of reasons for discontinuing different contraceptive methods,... »
NEW ORLEANS – A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome,... »
Fighters' Study Gives Clues to Brain Trauma Pathology
NEW ORLEANS – How long does it take before the cumulative effect of repeated blows to the head result in significant cognitive changes? Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of boxers and mixed martial arts fighters... »
Pregnancy, Contraception Data Highlighted in Epilepsy Registry
NEW ORLEANS – Women with epilepsy appear to have a significantly greater number of unintended pregnancies than does the general population and cite a wide variety of reasons for discontinuing different contraceptive methods,... »
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Federal Funds Launch First Alzheimer's Prevention Study
BETHESDA, MD. – The first-ever primary prevention trial for Alzheimer’s disease will investigate whether immunotherapy can delay – or even stop – the disease in a group of subjects who are genetically destined to... »
Pain Specialists Seek Help from Primary Care
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – With chronic pain affecting 65 million patients in the United States, the 6,000 pain specialists need help – and they’re looking at you, primary care physicians. "The next major advancement in... »
Scan That Predicts Alzheimer's Creates Moral Dilemma
LAS VEGAS – The development of the positron emission tomography radiotracer known as AV-45, or florbetapir F18, for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease carries within a certain "curse," said Dr. Jeffrey L.... »
BETHESDA, MD. – The first-ever primary prevention trial for Alzheimer’s disease will investigate whether immunotherapy can delay – or even stop – the disease in a group of subjects who are genetically destined to... »
Pain Specialists Seek Help from Primary Care
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – With chronic pain affecting 65 million patients in the United States, the 6,000 pain specialists need help – and they’re looking at you, primary care physicians. "The next major advancement in... »
Scan That Predicts Alzheimer's Creates Moral Dilemma
LAS VEGAS – The development of the positron emission tomography radiotracer known as AV-45, or florbetapir F18, for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease carries within a certain "curse," said Dr. Jeffrey L.... »
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Study Extends Traumatic Brain Pathology to Blast-Exposed Veterans
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the... »
Value of Epilepsy Drug Review Questioned
A recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a U.S. governmental entity in the Department of Health and Human Services, concluded that there are "no significant differences in the risk of... »
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the... »
Value of Epilepsy Drug Review Questioned
A recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a U.S. governmental entity in the Department of Health and Human Services, concluded that there are "no significant differences in the risk of... »
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