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ICH May Clinically Mimic TIA
In a large retrospective review of 2137 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, 34 had transient symptoms that could have been misclassified as “transient ischemic attack” if brain imaging had not been performed.
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Idiopathic Phrenic Neuropathy
Isolated phrenic neuropathy is a rare syndrome, often associated with a surgical procedure and diabetes mellitus, and has no proven, effective therapy other than respiratory support.
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Prevalence and Progression of Epilepsy in Adults with Mitochondrial Disease
In a prospective study of 182 consecutive patients at a specialized mitochondrial clinic in the United Kingdom, followed for more than 7 years, recording the initial prevalence of epilepsy, and subsequently tracking occurrences of new seizure activity, status epilepticus, stroke-like episodes, and death during the follow-up period, epilepsy was found to be a common feature of these disorders.
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
Based on a retrospective analysis of an international cohort of women with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders who had at least one pregnancy, the authors report a higher risk for miscarriage and preeclampsia in patients who were diagnosed before pregnancy.
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Inflammatory Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Can We Avoid the Biopsy?
Refinement of the imaging criteria for cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation may increase sensitivity and specificity enough to forgo brain biopsy.
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Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department
Acupuncture may reduce acute low back pain among patients treated in the emergency department.
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Yoga for Prenatal Depression
Yoga therapy reduces levels of prenatal depression compared to non-pharmacological treatment programs not involving yoga therapy. Yoga therapy integrating meditation and relaxation practice improve depression levels more than exercise-only yoga therapy.
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Eat Less Sugar: The New National Dietary Guidelines
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans introduces a new recommendation that added sugar should be limited to no more than 10% of total calories.
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Antioxidant Therapies: A Contraindication for Melanoma?
A series of experiments utilizing human melanoma cells found that oxidative stress was higher in circulating melanoma cells and distant metastasis than the original subcutaneous tumors, suggesting a higher oxidative stress burden subsequent to leaving the original tumor environment. Treatment of animals or tumor cell lines with antioxidants led to increased metastasic burden.
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Exercise for Depression During Pregnancy
Exercise is associated with better mental outcomes during pregnancy.