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Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Testing in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
More than two-thirds of patients with ocular myasthenia will have a positive antibody test, and a high level may predict progression to generalized disease.
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Simvastatin and Vitamin D for Migraine Prevention
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 57 adults with episodic migraine, simvastatin plus vitamin D was effective in the prevention of headache in adults with episodic migraine.
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Disability, Anxiety, and Depression with Medication-overuse Headache
A brief intervention that focuses on patient education can be effective in reducing headache frequency and medication dependency in patients with medication overuse headache.
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Clinical Features and Treatment Response in Patients with NMO Spectrum Disorders
In a retrospective analysis of 871 relapses in 185 patients with neuromyelitis optica or an neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, the authors reported that more than 80% of patients will have a partial or complete remission from their initial course of therapy.
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Kirtan Kriya Meditation on Stress and Alzheimer’s Disease
This review article shows that meditation, particularly Kirtan Kriya, can mitigate the negative biochemical effects of stress.
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Change is the constant: Can IPs turn challenge into opportunity?
Infection preventionists are still struggling to raise their profile and funding for their programs, many of which received no additional support last year during an unprecedented Ebola crisis in the U.S.
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Diverting more than drugs: Addicted workers can harm patients, drain hospital budgets
In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. MGH voluntarily disclosed the diversion.
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EPINet has new leadership, expands mission to go beyond threat of bloodborne infections
The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center — one of the original surveillance systems for healthcare worker needlesticks — has made a dramatic transition to an independent non-profit center that is widening the net beyond bloodborne pathogens to include worker exposures to Clostridium difficile and MRSA.
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The do’s and don’ts of using masks and N95s
With all the post-Ebola emphasis on personal protective equipment, there’s no time like the present to review the proper use and wear of masks and respirators. -
Bare below elbows: Common sense or nonsense?
Is it time for clinicians to lose the white coats, long sleeves, and neckties in favor of bare arms for patient care? Citing anecdotal evidence, common sense, and the limited data available in the absence of clinical trials, the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics is doing just that beginning January 2016, said Michael Edmond, hospital epidemiologist at the Iowa City facility.