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Men with migraine are at increased risk of myocardial infarction. But, risk of ischemic stroke is increased only in younger male migraineurs.
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Sweeping new changes have been made to the guidelines for prevention of endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures.
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Although spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) generally causes a benign, self-limited, postural headache, subdural hematomas may occur in SIH with serious sequelae.
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In addition to previously identified antibodies that cause limbic encephalitis, novel antibodies directed against cell membrane antigens may cause many of the "antibody-negative" cases, and these cases seem to respond favorably to immunosuppressive treatment.
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Torcetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, has been in development by Pfizer for nearly 15 years.
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These 2 clinical trials comparing Standard and New Antiepileptic Drugs (SANAD) showed that for partial epilepsy, lamotrigine was clinically better than carbamazepine, and that for generalized and unclassifiable epilepsy, valproate was better tolerated than topiramate and more efficacious than lamotrigine.
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IVIG is safe and effective for worsening MG, but has no effect on the natural course of Miller Fisher syndrome.
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Many patients with Parkinson disease have normalization of movement during REM sleep, similar to the beneficial effects of levodopa while they are awake.
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Occipital nerve stimulation appears to decrease the cluster pain and attack frequency in most, but not all, patients with chronic drug-resistant cluster headaches.
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