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MedPage Today Neurology
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MedScape Neurology
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Tics and Tourette Syndrome: A Clinical Review Tourette syndrome is more common than previously thought? Can you recognize it? We Move |
| A Closer Look at Pressure Ulcers A new Medicare rule going into effect late in 2008 will make the assessment, staging, and prevention of pressure ulcers more important than ever -- how will this affect you? Medscape Nurses |
| Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine |
| Cilostazol as Effective as Aspirin in Prevention of Recurrent Stroke Results of a randomized pilot trial suggest that cilostazol, a PDE3 inhibitor, is as effective as aspirin in preventing recurrent stroke, with significantly lower rates of bleeding. Medscape Medical News |
| Awareness of Stroke Warning Symptoms Low in United States A report shows that in 2005, symptom awareness and recognition of the need to call 9-1-1 were low in the United States, with disparities seen by race/ethnicity, sex, and education level. Medscape Medical News |
| New Guidelines From AAN on Botulinum Neurotoxin Issued Three new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology review the use of botulinum neurotoxin in spasticity, movement disorders, and autonomic disorders and pain. Medscape Medical News |
| WAFACS Published: No CVD Benefit in Longest-Duration Folic-Acid/B-Vitamin Supplementation Study A study on folic-acid and B-vitamin supplementation demonstrates homocysteine lowering as a useful marker in the prediction of cardiovascular disease but has no effect on cardiovascular outcomes. Medscape Medical News |
| Hormone Therapy Linked to Stroke Risk Regardless of Timing of Treatment Initiation New analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study shows an increased stroke risk associated with both estrogen alone and estrogen plus progestin, regardless of treatment or timing of initiation. Medscape Medical News |
| Autistic Behavior Onset Appears to Coincide With Brain Overgrowth at 12 Months Changes in behavior and brain circumference appear around 12 months of age in infants later diagnosed with autism, converging research suggests. Medscape Medical News |
| What Your Patients Are Reading: Long-Term NSAID Use Protective Against Alzheimer's Long-term use of NSAIDs (particularly ibuprofen) may ward off dementia, hypertension is responsible for a large percentage of disease burden worldwide, chocolate may lower the risk for preeclampsia, exclusively breast-fed children are smarter than their classmates, and cosmetic filler injections may cause acute renal failure. Medscape Medical News |
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