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Transcranial magnetic stimulation resulted in improvement in pain-free headache response rates after 2, 24 and 48 hours, as compared to sham stimulation, in patients with acute migraine with aura.
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Fractures and bisphosphonate therapy, warfarin anticoagulation and influenza vaccine and cotrimoxazole, antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin, FDA Actions.
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Exercise is beneficial for frontal lobe based executive functions. Although this study did not show benefit of exercise on mood and quality of life, this could be due to a floor effect of data.
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In children, CIDP is less common than in adults, but has a better long-tern prognosis.
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Higher tissue sodium concentrations were present in multiple sclerosis patients as compared to healthy controls. In patients, sodium levels within lesions corresponded to lesion volumes and grey matter sodium levels were negatively associated with grey matter volume.
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Rapid identification and diagnosis of patients with TIA is important to prevent subsequent stroke, which occurs in about 10% of all TIA patients in the 90 days following TIA.
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This is the first of a two-part series that looks at health care reform implications for home health. This month, we evaluate the issues that will affect home health and offer tips to prepare for changes. Next month, we will examine another issues more closely: outlier payment caps.
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When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan measured the rate of hospital admissions for patients with diabetes, chronic heart conditions, and asthma, the Detroit-based health plan found that hospitalizations for patients being cared for in a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) were 23% lower than for patients treated in other practices.
