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Like its cousin selegiline, rasagiline is a selective irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type B. Rasagiline has been shown to improve the motor and cognitive signs of experimental parkinsonism, and preliminary studies have demonstrated that the compound is more potent than selegiline.
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Practice parameters from the aan are strategies for patient management that assist physicians in clinical decision-making. These recommendations are derived from a thorough review that not only summarizes the available evidence-based medicine but, more importantly, assesses the quality of the data being reviewed.
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Several previous studies have reported inverse associations between fish intake and the risk of stroke in men and women. A randomized trial in patients with coronary heart disease, however, found that supplementation with fish oil reduced the risk of acute myocardial infarction but not of stroke.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse ReactionsGuidance for Clinicians in the Jan. 24th edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The guidance is a thorough review of the smallpox vaccine with a well-illustrated compendium of complications.
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Disorders of memory are frequently studied, but exceptional recall abilities have been the subject of relatively few investigations. In an effort to understand the neural basis of superior recall,
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Among patients with plasma cell dyscrasias and polyneuropathy, most have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), of which 50% are IgM in type. Most of these demonstrate activity against myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG).
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Retrospective review of needle emg findings on 45 patients studied during a 20-year period, with surgically verified compression of a single lumbosacral nerve root, was undertaken to determine the accuracy of traditional myotomal charts used to localize nerve root involvement.
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During orientation for new employees, patient education is just one of many topics covered. With so much new information taught, it is difficult to predict just how much is remembered.
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The statistics are alarming. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in 1997 adults age 65 and older accounted for 19% of all suicide deaths although they only comprise 13% of the U.S. population.
