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Hospital hiring climbs in March; Wisconsin student nurses recruit; Health care workers get their say
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A new oral direct thrombin inhibitorximelagatran (Exanata; Astra-Zeneca)steals the stage at this years American College of Cardiology 52nd Scientific Session in Chicago.
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Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a stroke syndrome characterized by headache, seizures, and hemorrhagic infarction.
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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is an expensive but powerful and useful therapeutic tool in the neurologists armamentarium. Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, multifocal motor neuropathy, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, and dermatomyositis have all been shown, in controlled clinical trials, to benefit from IVIG.
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Pneumococcal vaccine protects older adults from developing pneumococcal bacteremia but does not prevent community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to a new study from Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.
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This article reports the novel observation that therapeutic vaccination with Copaxone (glatiramer acetate, Cop-1), protects motor neurons against acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions.
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Surgical treatment for Parkinsons disease has become increasingly used as a modality of treatment. Nevertheless, the efficacy and its long-term outcomes as compared to medical therapy are not well established.
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), is an adult onset, autosomal-dominant disorder often presenting as a combination of upper and lower motor neuron signs, including facial and tongue fasciculations, resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
