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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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This article reports a strong correlation between abnormal MRI at term equivalent in preterm infants with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age, suggesting its utility for risk stratification.
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Status epilepticus, in the setting of cancer, is treatable and does not appear to increase mortality above the risk of the underlying disease.
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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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Sudden arrhythmic death associated with genetically determined long QT syndrome is a significant cause of SIDS.
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Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk for MI and heart failure.
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Elevated echo-Doppler estimates of pulmonary artery pressure predict heart failure and death in CAD patients.
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Cardiac resychronization therapy reduces morbidity and mortality in class IV heart failure patients.
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In older patients started on statins there was no significant increase in cancer.