Evidence for the use of probiotics in a variety of medical conditions continues to accumulate.
Through a small but exquisite study, the authors of this investigatory intervention trial provide a plausible subcellular explanation for massage therapy's purported benefits on injured muscle using muscle biopsy and subsequent gene profiling. The application of similar study techniques might be expected in future studies of other CAM therapies directed against pain.
Children with isolated growth hormone deficiency have lower IQ, worse motor skills, and several brain regions with smaller volumes than carefully selected controls.
Of all ischemic stroke patients treated with iv al- teplase (tPA), only about half will achieve recanalization and have a good outcome (mRS 0 to 2).
Needle EMG is safe in patients who are taking therapeutic doses of antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications.
This study validated that anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies are highly specific (99.8%) for Devic's disease and related disorders when tested in a large series of miscellaneous autoimmune and non-autoimmune systemic diseases.
