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Endometriosis pain stemming from pelvic spasms improved with botulinum toxin
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES - In a study enrolling 28 women with endometriosis, all had evidence of myofascial dysfunction and pain.
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VIDEO: AAN MS guidelines aim to help clinicians weigh expanding drug choices
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – A “dramatically different” landscape of treatment options allows better tailoring to patients, authors say.
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VIDEO: Encouraging results reported for novel Huntington’s disease therapy
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – In a short, 46-patient trial, the antisense oligonucleotide IONIS-HTTRx safely reduced CSF concentrations of the huntingtin protein...
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VIDEO: Ubrogepant reduced pain, related symptoms of a migraine attack
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- Jennie Smith
Significantly more patients treated with the CGRP blocker saw pain relief within 2 hours of taking the oral medication, compared with placebo.
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Cannabis users at highest psychosis risk may elect to quit
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- Jennie Smith
The new findings could help guide clinicians whose patients express a desire to quit and report psychosis-like experiences associated with...
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Tear proteins seen as Parkinson’s biomarker
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- Jennie Smith
The test centers on elevated levels of oligomeric alpha-synuclein.
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Palliative care for patients suffering from severe persistent mental illness
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- Jennie Smith
Psychiatrists and palliative care specialists say certain patients with severe persistent mental illness deserve more palliative care options.
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Cognitive decline not seen with lower BP treatment targets
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- Jennie Smith
A 10-year study finds less, not more, cognitive decline associated with aggressive control – especially in black patients.
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Air pollution seen acting on stress hormones
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- Jennie Smith
A novel study in China identifies several potential pathways between exposure and increased cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.
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APAP improves aerophagia symptoms
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- Jennie Smith
In a randomized study, people with obstructive sleep apnea found a common side effect mitigated by switching from fixed to autotitrating airway...
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Eye disease affects 1 in 5 adults with severe atopic dermatitis
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- Jennie Smith
Danish researchers point to risks raised by both the disease and the potential with some newer treatments.
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Acute otitis media: Which children to treat
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- Jennie Smith
A hard-to-miss symptom, severe bulging of the eardrum, should prompt antibiotic treatment, Finnish researchers say, while children with a peaked...
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Studies support early use of genetic tests in early childhood disorders
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- Jennie Smith
Two studies find that early use of whole-exome sequencing and other genetic tests spares resources and improves diagnostic yields in disorders...
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Short, simple antibiotic courses effective in latent TB
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- Jennie Smith
A new meta-analysis adds to the evidence for rifamycin-only regimens for treatment of latent tuberculosis, and a 3-month regimen with weekly...
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Free water in brain marks Parkinson’s progression
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- Jennie Smith
Free water in the posterior substantia nigra measured on diffusion MRI increased as motor symptoms worsened in Parkinson’s patients.