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A mutation in a single copy of the PINK1 gene may be a susceptibility factor for subtle but progressive motor and non-motor signs of Parkinson's disease.
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Olfactory dysfunction is associated with cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD), and both are linked by cholinergic pathway deficits.
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When compared with controls, patients with Bell's palsy were found to have a higher incidence of impaired glucose tolerance.
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Inclusion of fasciculation potentials as evidence for denervation, will dramatically increase the diagnostic sensitivity of EMG in patients with motor neuron disease.
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Aggressive approach to CVD reduces MI, folic acid and vitamin B12 for CAD, corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of COPD, prescription drug abuse among young adults, and ARBs and cancer risk
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common and severe nosocomial infection which is being seen with alarming frequency in hospitalized patients.
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For this study of bacterial contamination of the cell phones of health care workers in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia, the investigators swabbed the screen, dialing pad, and sides of the phones and used standard culture techniques.
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In this issue: Lorcaserin submitted for FDA review, FDA advisory panel votes against phentermine/topiramate, mixed vote on rosiglitazone, advisory panel votes to remove breast cancer indication from bevacizumab labeling, no increase in seizures found with DTaP vaccine, new REMS for quinine.
