Neurology Alert – February 1, 2006
February 1, 2006
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Pharmacology Watch
Letrozole for Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer; Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; Can Tamoxifen Increase Your Height?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Cerebral Aneurysms: To Screen or Not to Screen?
Screening patients with a history of cerebral aneurysm and screening relatives of patients with familial aneurysms can detect new or recurrent aneurysms that may benefit from treatment. -
Genotype-Phenotype Associations in LRRK2 Parkinson's Disease
The advances in understanding the genotype-phenotype associations for LRRK2 presented by these articles represent an important step towards this objective. -
Brain Oxygen Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in young adults in the United States. -
Headaches at High Altitudes: How Does the Brain React to Increased Elevations Both Acutely and Chronically?
Visitors who travel to areas of elevated altitudes may suffer from a high altitude headache which can progress to acute mountain sickness (AMS) or high-altitude cerebral edema. -
ADNFLE
Epilepsy could be a complex disorder and the hypothesis of a digenic transmission of the disease should be discussed. -
Prognosis in CIDP
Mode of onset, distribution of symptoms, and electrophysiological characteristics may be prognostic factors for predicting a favourable outcome. -
The NORVIT Trial
Among patients on folic acid, with or without the addition of B-6, there was a non-significant trend toward an increase in cancer rates.