by Ket Patel | Aug 16, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Pain
Of the many scales at a clinician’s disposal to measure acute pain, the three most commonly used are the Numerical Rating Scale, the Verbal Rating Scale, and the Visual Analog Scale, Dr. Jeffrey A. Stone said at the annual meeting of the Society of Neurointerventional...
by Ket Patel | Aug 15, 2012 | Addiction, All Articles For Psychiatry
A program of cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with substance abuse treatment decreased the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder but had little effect on drug use. That finding, however, can be construed as a positive, Katherine L. Mills, Ph.D., and her...
by Ket Patel | Aug 15, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
Potentially modifiable environmental factors protect against Alzheimer’s disease in older adults carrying the apolipoprotein E e4 allele, a major susceptibility gene for the late-onset form of the disease and also a risk factor for other types of dementia. In a cohort...
by Ket Patel | Aug 15, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
A study indirectly comparing three oral anticoagulant drugs – dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban – has revealed potential differences among the agents in their relative efficacy and safety when used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. However, its authors...
by Ket Patel | Aug 14, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Epilepsy
A proposal for a new way to classify seizures would modify the way they have been discussed and organized since 1989. But the new system – put forth by a committee specially convened by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) – isn’t finding friends in every...