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This case series describes clinical features and treatment responses of an unusual focal leg action dystonia in 5 long distance runners.
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Lipoprotein(a) is a low density lipoprotein that is implicated in atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease. Elevated levels of Lp(a) appear to confer an increased risk of ischemic stroke.
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Faster progression of ALS is predicted by older age, presentation with bulbar signs, or presentation with distal limb muscle weakness.
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Vitamin D supplementation may lower the risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
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Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis. A new study suggests that, when monitoring statin therapy, increases in HDL cholesterol may be as important as decreases in LDL cholesterol in preventing disease progression.
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Both conservative and surgical therapies are effective in the treatment of herniated lumbar discs.
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Parkinson's patients with daytime sleepiness should drive with a companion.
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Pain is a common symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis that significantly impairs quality of life yet is often inadequately treated.
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Several important papers have been published in the last 2 months, none more important than the realization that breast cancer rates have dropped precipitously since the publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 2002.
