IMN || Neurology

Physicians are major source for frequent opioid misusers

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 21:15

Most people who misuse opioid pain relievers cite friends and relatives as their sources for the drugs, but more of the people who misuse these agents most often – those who take them from 200 to 365...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

AAN issues nonvalvular atrial fibrillation stroke prevention guideline

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 21:25

A new evidence-based guideline on how to identify and treat patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation to prevent cardioembolic stroke from the American Academy of Neurology suggests when to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Device detects more atrial fibrillation, but when is intervention necessary?

Posted on: 21/02/2014 - 14:20

SAN DIEGO – After 6 months, Medtronic’s Reveal XT implant picked up atrial fibrillation in 8.6% of cryptogenic stroke patients. Standard monitoring found it in 1.4%, according to company data...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Continuous AF monitors raise questions about when to intervene

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 18:05

SAN DIEGO – Medtronic’s Reveal XT heart monitor implant detected atrial fibrillation missed by older techniques in a randomized trial. The company’s North American and European <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Citalopram improves agitation in Alzheimer’s patients but has cardiac risks

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 21:00

Daily oral citalopram improved agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and reduced caregiver stress but was associated with a higher rate of cardiac adverse effects than was placebo at the...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

NIH and pharma partner on RA, lupus, diabetes, Alzheimer’s research

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 15:35

The National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several nonprofit organizations have partnered to transform the current model for identifying and validating the most promising...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Postpartum elevated thrombosis risk lasts 12 weeks

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 20:40

The risk of thrombosis in women giving birth for the first time was 10- to 11-fold higher in the first 6 weeks postpartum, but in a report presented at the International Stroke Conference, Dr. Hooman...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

DDT metabolite may be associated with risk for Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 27/01/2014 - 21:00

A metabolite of the pesticide DDT – banned in the United States since 1972 – was associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in a small, case-control study. Levels of the chemical...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Two Alzheimer’s immunotherapy drugs flunk in four studies

Posted on: 22/01/2014 - 22:00

Two investigational Alzheimer’s immunotherapies failed to show any benefit in a series of phase III trials comprising more than 4,000 patients. Neither bapineuzumab, which targets soluble and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Number of restless leg movements during sleep may predict AFib progression

Posted on: 06/11/2013 - 19:10

In patients with restless legs syndrome, frequent leg movements during sleep were associated with the progression of atrial fibrillation, reported Dr. Mahek Mirza and her associates. In their study,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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