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Statin Therapy and Cognitive Function in Elderly Patients
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Prevelance of Neural Tube Defect in HIV-Exposed Individuals
Public Support of Data Sharing Limited by Privacy, Confidentiality Concerns
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Risk Factors for Poor Sleep Efficiency Among Elderly Patients
Risk for Encephalopathy in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Using Baclofen
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Video Game Based Digital Therapy Looks Promising in Pediatric ADHD Trial
One in Four Children With Autism Not Formally Diagnosed
Acupuncture Proved More Effective Than Standard Care in Reducing Radiation-Induced Xerostomia
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Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Management of Chronic Back and Leg Pain [Part 2]: Expert Perspective
Lead author Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD discusses the importance of neuromodulation, specifically a closed loop spinal cord stimulation system (SCS), for the management of chronic pain.
Clinical Pearls and Pitfalls of Automated CT Perfusion for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Researchers find automated CT perfusion is an important tool in the triage and treatment decision making in acute ischemic stroke.
Dress for Success: Physician Attire May Influence Patients’ Perception of Care
First impressions are an important part of the patient-physician relationship, because they can affect the quality of the relationship well beyond the initial encounter.
Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Management of Chronic Back and Leg Pain [Part 1]
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with a closed-loop system that uses recorded evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) is superior to a fixed-output, open-loop system for patients with chronic back and leg pain.
Assessing the Risk for Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation, which affects up to 46.3 million people globally and 2.7 to 6.1 million individuals in the US, may represent a modifiable risk factor for acute stroke.
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New Urgency for Treating Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy
Hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis (hATTR) with polyneuropathy is a rare, progressive and fatal disease that has been challenging for neurologists to diagnose and manage, until now. Advances in genetic testing have yielded the development of a new generation of more efficient screenings that make early, accurate, and rapid diagnosis more accessible.
