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The Health Improvement Network UK Primary Care Database was queried for all patients aged 50-84 who were prescribed low-dose aspirin (75-300 mg/day) for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in 2000-2007.
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Therapeutic hypothermia does not result in improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury.
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Apixaban and rivaroxaban near approval for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; fidaxomicin for C. difficile infections; guideline for intensive insulin therapy; and FDA Actions.
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Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease are associated with a unique pattern of electrophysiological activity in the ventral subthalamic nucleus.
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Neurosurgical interventions for trigeminal neuralgia have never been rigorously studied for efficacy and carry significant risks.
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Non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas are more likely to be associated with peripheral nerve disorders, and Hodgkin's disease with central nervous system syndromes.
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Light-exacerbated pain occurring during migraine headaches is associated with increased cerebral blood flow in the visual cortex. This activation of retinal ganglion cells by light, present even in blind migraineurs, occurs through posterior thalamic connections.
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Controversy remains regarding the optimal blood pressure early in the course of ischemic stroke.
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A novel technique used to study deviations in the subjective visual vertical may assist in the localization of brainstem lesions.