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New Meaning for the Term ‘Hacking’
This meta-analysis did not convincingly demonstrate a positive effect of gastric acid-suppressing treatment in patients with chronic cough. -
Is Chelation Therapy Finally Here to Stay?
Use of an intravenous chelation regimen with disodium EDTA, compared with placebo, modestly reduced the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in stable patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI). These results do not support the routine use of chelation therapy for treatment of patients who have had a prior MI. -
Expanding the Myasthenic Phenotype
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What Is Our Current Understanding of Epilepsy Prognosis?
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Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature
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Sometimes Coma Is Not a Coma
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Does Dietary Nicotine Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease?
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MR-Perfusion Patterns of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Lesions Affect the Risk of Developing IRIS
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Tight vs Loose Rate Control in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
The Rate Control Efficacy in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (RACE II) trial compared strict rate control vs lenient rate control in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. In this substudy, the RACE II investigators report results based on three groups of patients: those with successful strict rate control, those with unsuccessful rate control, and those with lenient rate control. -
Can Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Use be Expanded?
The Evaluation of Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (LESSER-EARTH) trial tested the hypothesis that cardiac resynchronization therapy in addition to optimal medical therapy would benefit patients with severe congestive heart failure but no pacing indication and a QRS duration < 120 milliseconds (msec).