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Anticoagulation for the prevention of venous thromboembolization is underutilized worldwide. Risk of short-term interruption of warfarin therapy appears small. Treatment with idraparinux increases hemorrhage risk, as compared with vitamin K antagonists.
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Disruptive behaviors are a poor prognostic sign in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
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Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions.
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Phrenic nerve conduction studies are technically difficult, but are useful in the evaluation of patients with diaphragmatic paralysis.
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Metabolomic profiling is a technique that measures and analyzes a large array of low molecular weight species in any chosen sample. Metabolomic analysis of plasma accurately distinguishes between subjects with Parkinson disease and healthy controls, thus providing a potential disease biomarker.
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Proteomic and molecular genetic testing is a critical part of the diagnostic algorithm for limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD).
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Two recent studies suggest that rapid TIA evaluation and treatment can reduce stroke risk.
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Axonal neuropathy is common in patients with biopsy-proven small vessel systemic vasculitis (SVSV), and responds to immunosuppressive therapy.
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Functional MRI (fMRI) measurements in unmedicated children with Tourette syndrome during cognitively difficult tasks suggest increased "direct" pathway activity in the basal ganglia, and possible compensatory mechanisms involving the subthalamic nucleus and prefrontal cortex.