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Obsessive-compulsive disorders have achieved greater visibility in our society with several well-known celebrities such as Howie Mandel and David Beckham with acknowledged cases. Patients may be reluctant to share their symptoms with their primary care physician for fear of being thought crazy. Hopefully today the increased recognition with celebrities and greater media attention to the disorder will resolve this fear and allow patients to become more open with their doctors.
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Lorcaserin submitted for FDA review, FDA advisory panel votes against phentermine/topiramate, mixed vote on rosiglitazone, advisory panel votes to remove breast cancer indication from bevacizumab labeling, no increase in seizures found with DTaP vaccine, new REMS for quinine.
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In addition to its efficacy as an antiepileptic, and its lack of P-450 enzyme induction, levetiracetam also may enhance the chemotherapeutic effects of temozolomide in the treatment of glioblastoma.
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In a study of extracranial and transcranial color-coded sonography, there was no impairment of cerebral venous drainage in patients with multiple sclerosis as compared to healthy controls.
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The development of neuropathic pain after traumatic nerve injury is strongly influenced by premorbid personality traits that are dominated by "negative emotional states."
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Migraine headaches are more common than tension-type headaches in children and adolescents. Being overweight, smoking, and being sedentary are associated with recurrent migraine and tension-type headaches in adolescents.
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Single cysticercal granulomas are more common in patients with lesser degrees of exposure to T. Solium eggs and these granulomas likely represent cysts that were killed by the host immune system early after infection.
