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Crest failed to demonstrate any significant differ-ence in the primary endpoint (composite of stroke, myocardial infarction, or death during the 4-year follow-up period) between carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.
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Two new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C; NSAIDs and myocardial infarction risk; AIM-HIGH clinical trial stopped; and FDA actions.
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Primary systemic amyloidosis is often complicated by painful, sensory, and autonomic neuropathy.
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Anti-neuronal antibodies can be detected in Sydenham's chorea, but not in PANDAS or Tourette's syndrome.
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The King-Devick test, if validated in future studies, has the potential of becoming a standard sideline method for identifying athletes who have sustained a brain injury.
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Frontal lobe dysfunction may presdispose people to have psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; this dysfunction can be measured by analyzing a brief period of the awake EEG.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome, as defined by clinical symptoms, may improve with a combination of behavior thrapy and graded exercise.
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Neurologists at the Mayo Clinic reviewed the morbidity and mortality of patients who underwent treatment for unruptured brain aneurysms,
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Calcium supplements and MI; birth control pills and VTE; ACE inhibitors and breast cancer risk; spending on pharmaceuticals; and FDA actions.
