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A Few Extra Minutes With Seniors May Help Avoid a Readmission
Preparing older patients to manage when they are discharged to home is a process that takes time and patience.
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Regular Interventions May Not Work With Senior Citizens
Remember that elderly patients have accomplished a lot. They’ve worked their entire lives, raised families, and made contributions to society. Case managers should show them the respect they deserve, experts say.
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Get Ready for the Next Wave of Patients: Aging Baby Boomers
The baby boomer population is growing older and the healthcare system must adjust to accommodate their needs and reactions, which are different from those of younger patients.
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Neurologic Complications of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Anti-programmed death 1 antibodies (checkpoint inhibitors) have become a mainstay in the treatment of many types of cancers, and now are known to cause frequent neuromuscular adverse effects that can cause severe disability or death if not recognized or treated promptly.
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Systemic Immune Activation and the Course of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Activation of the immune system has been recognized in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and immune activation may influence the course of the disease and the speed of progression.
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Optimizing Brain Oxygen in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
In a Phase II, single-blind, randomized, multicenter trial, the use of intraparenchymal brain tissue oxygenation monitoring reduced brain tissue hypoxia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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MRI-guided FUS Thalamotomy for Medically Refractory Parkinson’s Tremor
This study comparing 20 individuals who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy with seven individuals who received sham treatment showed improvements in Parkinson’s disease tremor. Side effects were similar to prior studies of this technology for essential tremor, with ataxia and limb/orofacial paresthesias being most common.
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Neurologic Consequences of Zika Virus Infection
Neurologic sequelae of Zika virus infections include Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalitis, transverse myelitis, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
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Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
In a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study of infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, nusinersen treatment led to significant improvement in motor milestones and survival without significant adverse reactions. A safety trial of gene therapy for SMA type 1 demonstrated prolonged ventilator-free survival and improved motor milestones with minimal side effects.