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Hospitals and Case Managers Need More — and Better — Disaster Planning
The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent crises have shown the need for improved disaster planning. Disaster plans should be clear, well-defined, and ready to implement before a crisis even strikes. This includes preparation for surge, triage, and crisis standards of care as well as skills training for case managers and other health professionals. -
Another Way Antibiotic Therapy Can Kill You
An analysis revealed fluoroquinolone antibiotic use was associated with later aortic diseases and mortality in patients without known aortic disease.
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Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
This is a review of the current literature regarding commonly used herbal and dietary supplements among people with diabetes. -
Long COVID and the Clinical Reality of Chronic Infections
Long COVID is the latest entry into a long list of potentially chronic, pandemic-associated infections. For many long COVID patients, some symptoms may be the result of a reactivation of an Epstein-Barr infection. -
The Passing of M. Flint Beal, MD
A tribute to the late M. Flint Beal, MD. -
The Safety and Efficacy of Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Part 2
In Part 1 of this literature review, Aloe vera and alpha-lipoic acid were discussed in detail. In this part, in-depth discussions on chromium, cinnamon, fenugreek, garlic, and Gymnema sylvestre are presented. These complementary and alternative medicine supplements include botanical and nonbotanical products for managing type 2 diabetes.
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Localized Slow Wave Sleep in the Awake but Inattentive Brain
Electroencephalogram studies of humans during periods of “mind wandering” and “mind blanking” have shown regional changes that suggest parts of the brain may be asleep while other areas are activated.
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Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Cardiovascular Disease
A meta-analysis of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials to analyze the role of commonly used dietary supplements for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease suggests no significant effect on cardiovascular outcomes or all-cause mortality, although some B vitamins appear to reduce stroke incidence, and B3 appears to increase all-cause mortality.
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Is it Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy or Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease?
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease may be confused with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, resulting in inappropriate and hazardous treatments. Age at onset < 40 years, a family history of neuropathy, absence of nerve hypertrophy on magnetic resonance imaging, and poor response to intravenous immune globulin treatment should prompt a genetic evaluation.
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Functional Cognitive Disorder: An Important Condition for Neurologists to Recognize
Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) is a term that can be used to describe cognitive difficulties that are present where there is no biologic cause, but a lack of consensus in diagnostic criteria limits its use in clinical practice and research. Ball and colleagues proposed an operational definition for FCD as the cognitive phenotype of functional neurological disorder.