by Ket Patel | Oct 23, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Headache/Migraine
The use of any form of acute antimigraine medication by patients with episodic migraine – be it single analgesics, combination analgesics, or triptans – exerted a protective effect against developing chronic migraine in a large, prospective, population-based study....
by Ket Patel | Oct 22, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Neuro-Oncology
Mixed results in phase II and III clinical trials leave open the question of whether lapatinib can prevent brain metastases in women with HER2-positive breast cancer. Lapatinib (Tykerb) did not decrease the development of brain metastases when compared with...
by Ket Patel | Oct 22, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
The medical illustration is provided courtesy of Alzheimer’s Disease Research, a program of BrightFocus Foundation. Among patients with Alzheimer’s disease who develop psychosis or agitation-aggression that responds to...
by Ket Patel | Oct 15, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease, Latest Articles
The imaging agent florbetapir F 18 injection (Amyvid), used to exclude a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, is being evaluated for Medicare reimbursement, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced. The agency stated on Oct. 9 that it expected a...
