Parkinson's Patients on Dopamine Agonists May Develop Pathologic Behaviors
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April 30, 2009
About one in five patients taking a therapeutic dose of a dopamine agonist for treatment of Parkinson disease may develop new-onset compulsive gambling or hypersexuality, according to a study of patients treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota....[read article]
Invasive Meningococcal Disease Carries High Risk of Lasting Neurological Deficits
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March 13, 2009
Adolescent survivors of invasive meningococcal disease "have a disturbing series of deficits," including depression, low educational achievement and poor quality of life, investigators report in the March issue of Pediatrics....[read article]
Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries May Cause Transient, Persistent Symptoms After Injury
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March 10, 2009
Mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), particularly those that are more severe, may cause transient or persistent symptoms in the first year after injury, according to the results of a prospective and longitudinal cohort study reported in the March issue of Pediatrics....[read article]
Stroke Telemedicine Can Expand Access to Emergency Care of Stroke
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FEB 22, 2009
Telemedicine techniques adapted to the emergency care of stroke (ie, telestroke medicine) can address the shortage of stroke expertise and the underuse of effective stroke therapies such as tissue plasminogen...[read article]
Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Chronic Insomnia Reviewed
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FEB 20, 2009
Nonpharmacologic approaches to treat chronic insomnia are reviewed for family clinicians in an article published in issue of American Family Physician. The importance of this topic is highlighted by the high incidence of chronic insomnia of 10% to 30% in today's society, with attendant direct and indirect costs ...[read article]
Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Vascular Dementia
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FEB 17, 2009
Individuals with the metabolic syndrome, which is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, may also have an increased risk of vascular dementia, but not Alzheimer's disease...[read article]
Migraines Associated With Mood and Anxiety Disorders
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FEB 16, 2009
The results of a study published in the January/February issue of General Hospital Psychiatry suggest that migraine patients have an increased risk of mood and anxiety disorders...[read article]
Blood Pressure Not Associated With Many Severe CT Findings After Acute Stroke
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FEB 13, 2009
Higher blood pressure does not increase the incidence of hemorrhagic transformation and several other severe CT findings after acute stroke, according to researchers in Europe...[read article]
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Share Common Genetic Cause
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FEB 10, 2009
The largest family study of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder ever conducted shows that these 2 disorders share a common genetic cause, a finding that challenges the current view that they are separate and distinct conditions.[read article]
Genders Differ in Brain Response to Consciously Inhibited Hunger
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FEB 09,2009
Results of a small study suggest that men can suppress regional brain activation in response to food by consciously suppressing their appetite. But according to the article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...[read article]
Migraines, Tension-Type Headaches Respond to Acupuncture
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FEB 08, 2009
Acupuncture is at least as effective as prophylactic drugs for migraine and may also benefit some patients with frequent tension-type headache, 2 large reviews conclude. ...[read article]
New Guidelines on Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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FEB 05, 2009
New guidelines on the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) have been released by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associatio...[read article]
