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Dietary Modifications with Linoleic Acid Can Have an Effect on Gut and Brain Inflammation
This study evaluated the use of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation to modulate the disease outcome in a spontaneous mouse model of central nervous system autoimmunity and also studied patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis receiving CLA supplementation. CLA may act as a modulator of the gut-brain axis by targeting immune cells in the gut, with a subsequent effect in the brain.
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Neuromuscular Complications of Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Graft-versus-host disease is common in allogeneic bone marrow recipients, but neuromuscular complications are unusual (8%). The most common neuromuscular complication is an immune-mediated myositis that responds to treatment with immunosuppressive therapies.
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CSF Biomarkers May Distinguish MSA from Lewy-Body Alpha-Synucleinopathies Before the Onset of Debilitating Symptoms
In patients with autonomic failure, the combination of elevated neurofilament light and alpha-synuclein oligomers in the cerebrospinal fluid can distinguish between multiple system atrophy and Parkinson’s disease/dementia with Lewy bodies. Early diagnosis is critical for the development of treatment trials.
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Recovery of Consciousness After TBI: Who Recovers and When?
The majority of patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury who survive and are treated in acute rehabilitation centers will recover consciousness.
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Back Pain-Related Disability and Lumbar Spine Imaging Changes
A population-based, prospective cohort study of women in the United Kingdom found no association between the number of lumbar segments with radiographic pathology and severity of back pain-related disability.
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Determining the ‘Culprit’ Artery
How would one interpret the ECG in the figure, obtained in the ED from a middle-aged man with new chest pain? -
Aducanumab-avwa Injection (Aduhelm)
The FDA has approved a new, but controversial, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. -
Using Procalcitonin to Limit Antibiotic Treatment for Sepsis Reduces Infection-Related Adverse Events
By shortening the duration of antibiotic therapy, a procalcitonin-guided protocol decreased the rate of infection-associated adverse effects, decreased costs, and reduced mortality in patients with sepsis. -
Air Filters and Asthma
Children with asthma showed improved small airway mechanics following indoor filtration of particulates (2.5 µm and greater) using high-efficiency particulate air filtration devices. -
The Effect of Antiviral Drugs on COVID-19 Outcomes and Mortality
The WHO Solidarity Trial Consortium found remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, and interferon regimens produced “little or no effect” on relevant outcomes.