Neurology Alert – October 1, 2005
October 1, 2005
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Pharmacology Watch
The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Neutropenia; Is It Hot In Here?; Homeopathy vs Conventional Medicine; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Increased Dietary Intake of Folate Reduces the Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease
An increased dietary intake of folate reduces the risk of developing AD. -
Imaging Depression in Parkinson's Disease: Role of the Limbic System
Depression and anxiety in Parkinson's disease might be associated with a specific loss of dopamine and noradrenaline innervation in the limbic system. -
A Step Towards Restorative Therapy in Parkinson's Disease
Dopamine neuronal replacement cell therapy can be beneficial for patients with advanced disease, and that changing technical approaches could have a favorable impact on efficacy and adverse events following neural transplantation. -
Clipping vs Coiling for Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
In a randomized trial of neurosurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling for ruptured intracranial aneurysms, endovascular coiling was more likely to result in independent survival at 1 year. -
Sleepwalking: More Often Neurological Than Psychiatric
Successful treatment of SDB, which is frequently associated with chronic sleepwalking, controlled the syndrome in young adults. -
Review: HIV and Myopathy
Introduction of HAART has dramatically modified the natural history of HIV disease by controlling viral replication, but, in turn, lengthening of the survival of HIV-infected individuals has been associated with an increasing prevalence of iatrogenic conditions.