Search results for "Neurology"
Higher Framingham scores predict cognitive decline
The Framingham risk scores predicted cognitive decline in late middle age slightly more accurately than a score specifically designed to predict dementia in a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/02/2.htm
2 Apr 2013
Antipsychotics still frequently prescribed for Parkinson patients
Despite FDA warnings, more than half of patients with Parkinson disease and psychosis were prescribed an antipsychotic in a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/19/5.htm
19 Jul 2011
Episodic migraines associated with obesity, especially in younger women
Episodic migraines (≤14 headache days/month) are associated with obesity, with the strongest relationships among those younger than 50 years, of white race and of female sex, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/17/2.htm
17 Sep 2013
MKSAP Quiz: Maintenance of epilepsy drug
Specialist groups issue clinical alert to guide clopidogrel prescribers
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/3.htm
29 Jun 2010
Statins after stroke not associated with intracerebral hemorrhage
Taking statins following an ischemic stroke was not associated with an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, researchers found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/20/2.htm
20 Sep 2011
Medication better than brain stent for stroke prevention
Medical therapy outperformed stenting for secondary prevention of stroke in patients with intracranial arterial stenosis, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/13/4.htm
13 Sep 2011
Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression
Higher vitamin D levels appear to be associated with reduced disease activity and a slower rate of disease progression in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon beta-1b, according to a study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/28/4.htm
28 Jan 2014
MKSAP Quiz: Migraine associated with menstruation
This week's quiz asks readers to determine the appropriate treatment for a 36-year-old woman with migraine associated with menstruation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/27/3.htm
27 Mar 2012
AHA issues statement on cerebral venous thrombosis diagnosis, management
MKSAP Quiz: drug-resistant hypertension
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/2.htm
15 Feb 2011
Street medicine physicians meet patients where they are
This issue also covers screening for bacteriuria, new thinking about Alzheimer's disease, and communicating ab out migraines.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/street-medicine-physicians-meet-patients-where-they-are.htm
1 Jul 2019