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It is traditional knowledge that patients should undergo a lumbar puncture to ascertain subarachnoid haemorrhage, independently of the results from CT. A recent prospective study investigated 3,132 neurological patients aged over 15 years, with third generation head CT scanning to evaluate [...]
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Is ischemic stroke due to the same causes in young adults as it is in older adults? In an attempt to answer this question, a retrospective analysis was carried out in France investigating the causes of acute ischemic stroke in 318 patients aged 16-54 years: nearly all patients underwent CT or MR [...]
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The American Academy of Neurology has released new guidelines on the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy, based on the revision of the available literature, concluding that an only drug – pregabalin – can be defined as belonging to the “A” class, even if the studies on this product have shown [...]
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One of the questions with no answer is the one relative to survival in patients with an advanced stage of dementia, and the answer to this question often influences the decisions of possible hospitalizations in palliative care structures. With a prospective study, the prevision of death among 606 [...]
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In patients suffering from migraine and tension-type headache, in general tricyclic agents are prescribed, even if antidepressants market has been occupied almost entirely by more recent drugs, like SSRIs. In order to compare their efficacy, a meta-analysis has been performed on 37 randomized [...]
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According to many epidemiological studies, we know that the increase in plasmatic homocysteine is associated with a decrease in cognitive functions, so researchers consequently wondered whether vitamin B supplementation, capable to decrease the levels of homocysteine, can avoid or delay cognitive [...]
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In order to verify whether a relationship exists between the use of antiplatelet agents and brain hemorrhage, some researchers have performed a meta-analysis on 25 cohort studies involving 9900 patients struck by brain hemorrhage; at the moment of the cerebrovascular event, 23% of these subjects [...]
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We know that migraine, above all in its variation with aura, is associated with negative cardiovascular effects and with an increase in ischemic stroke. It is not clear, instead, the relation existing between this disease and hemorrhagic stroke, so, using data from WHI (Women's Health Study), this [...]
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According to available data, migraine with aura represents a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, so some researchers in Iceland wanted to verify not only the association between migraine and cardiovascular mortality, but also which relation exists between this disease and overall mortality. [...]
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In the cases where it is not possible to explain the occurrence of a rapid and progressive cognitive decline through usual non-invasive examinations, the use of cerebral biopsy has been proposed. In a trial performed by Emory University in Atlanta, some neurosurgeons have re-examined the medical [...]