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Cluster headache may be accompanied by a variety of neurological manifestations, and responds well to triptans and oxygen therapy.
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Ginkgo biloba has been used by practitioners of Eastern medicine for centuries to boost memory and other health purposes.
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Treatment of Parkinson's disease with dopamine agonist medications may precipitate impulse-control disorders such as compulsive gambling, buying, and hypersexuality
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The neurological risk of cardiac surgery is still not well characterized, but post-operative strokes occur in 3-9% of patients. A decrease in intra-operative blood pressure and increased cardiopulmonary bypass time may result in watershed infarcts.
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A team from UCSF recently reviewed company documents that were entered into the public record as a result of litigation over the promotion of gabapentin (Neurontin) between 1994 and 1998.
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α-synuclein mutations leading to Parkinson's disease are extremely rare. However, based upon this study, variability in the gene promoter may account for up to 3% of the risk of Parkinson's disease in the general population.
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At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, laboratory-based surveillance of coagulase-negative staphylococci found that 4% were linezolid resistant.
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In this report, Sauer and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania describe the prevalence, significance, and management strategy for patients who have AV node reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) in association with atrial fibrillation (AF).
