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When is it safe to sit behind the wheel if youve just had a seizure? In this time-trend study, an analysis was undertaken to determine if lowering the interval from 12 months to 3, as was done in Arizona, increased motor vehicle accident frequency.
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The triptan wars are heating up with 7 competitors now on the market all backed by the heaviest of the pharma heavyweights, and clinicians wonder, Which is the best triptan? This study looked at eletriptan response rates in a cohort of migraine patients previously unresponsive or intolerant to sumatriptan.
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In 1597, the herbalist John Gerard reported that an extract of the sage plant, is singularly good for the head and brain and quickeneth the nerves and memory. More than 400 years later, British investigators have put Gerards observation to the test by examining the effects of an essential oil derived from Spanish sage on memory in normal volunteers and patients with Alzheimers disease.
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Thomson American Health Consultants offers "Extended-use Contraception: What You Should Know About Seasonale and Other Options," a free audio conference on October 9 from 2-3 p.m. ET.
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Thymectomy, though widely recommended for the treatment of autoimmune myasthenia gravis, remains a treatment without controlled prospective studies to support its role. Such a trial has been recommended by the American Academy of Neurology and is being developed.
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Postmastectomy lymphedema remains a significant cause of morbidity for breast cancer patients, affecting up to 30% of patients who have received axillary node dissections and adjunctive radiotherapy.
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Although a high incidence of thrombotic events is reported for primary brain tumors, the incidence in patients with CNS lymphoma is previously unreported.
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The FDA has approved vardenafil (LevitraBayer and GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men. Vardenafil joins sildenafil (Viagra) as the only 2 drugs approved for this indication in this country.
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Currently, there is no curative treatment for advanced-stage, low-grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and there remains a question of when to initiate treatment in the asymptomatic patient.
