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Clinical Oncology Alert - Full June 2010 Issue in PDF
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Does Therapeutic Hypothermia Affect Predictive Value of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials after CPR?
Bilateral absence of N20 responses in the setting of therapeutic hypothermia does not preclude neurologic recovery in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. -
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: New Treatment for Acute Migraine with Aura? Stay Tuned
Transcranial magnetic stimulation resulted in improvement in pain-free headache response rates after 2, 24 and 48 hours, as compared to sham stimulation, in patients with acute migraine with aura. -
Pharmacology Watch
Fractures and bisphosphonate therapy, warfarin anticoagulation and influenza vaccine and cotrimoxazole, antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin, FDA Actions. -
Neurology Alert - Full June 2010 Issue in PDF
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Exercise and Parkinson's Disease
Exercise is beneficial for frontal lobe based executive functions. Although this study did not show benefit of exercise on mood and quality of life, this could be due to a floor effect of data. -
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in children
In children, CIDP is less common than in adults, but has a better long-tern prognosis. -
Measuring Regional Brain Tissue Sodium Concentrations in MS
Higher tissue sodium concentrations were present in multiple sclerosis patients as compared to healthy controls. In patients, sodium levels within lesions corresponded to lesion volumes and grey matter sodium levels were negatively associated with grey matter volume. -
Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature
Rapid identification and diagnosis of patients with TIA is important to prevent subsequent stroke, which occurs in about 10% of all TIA patients in the 90 days following TIA. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement