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Intervention urged for preschool children with selective eating habits
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- Deepak Chitnis
Selective eating habits at a young age are an early sign of not just avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder but also conditions such as anxiety...
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Uncommon strain of enterovirus causes paralytic symptoms in children
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- Deepak Chitnis
Investigators at the University of Virginia encountered a patient with acute flaccid myelitis caused by enterovirus C105, not the more common D68...
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Chemo lessens quality of life for end-stage patients with good performance status
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- Deepak Chitnis
Chemotherapy may do more harm than good in certain late-life patients with metastatic cancer, as shown by lower quality of life reported by...
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Vietnam veterans still struggling with PTSD, VA study says
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- Deepak Chitnis
Posttraumatic stress disorder remains a factor for thousands of veterans of the Vietnam War, a finding that calls attention to the need for more...
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Elective colectomy topped medical therapy for advanced ulcerative colitis
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- Deepak Chitnis
Elective colectomy had better survival rates than medical therapy for patients older than 50 years with advanced ulcerative colitis.
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Diet, exercise programs increasingly effective at reducing type 2 diabetes risk
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- Deepak Chitnis
Clinical and community outreach programs designed to educate individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes can be effective at reducing the overall rate...
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AHS: Noncephalic pain sites shed light on progression from episodic to chronic migraine
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- Deepak Chitnis
Location of noncephalic pain site, as well as the number of them, the frequency of pain, and intensity of pain, are useful indicators of the...
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Lithium, caffeine effective for hypnic headache treatment
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- Deepak Chitnis
Lithium is the most effective treatment for patients with chronic hypnic headache, followed by consumption of caffeine prior to bedtime and when...
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Investigative agent effective against episodic migraine
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- Deepak Chitnis
The investigative agent AMG 334, administered in 70-mg doses, is an effective treatment for patients with episodic migraines, resulting in a...
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AHS: Intravenous diphenhydramine does not improve acute migraine outcomes
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- Deepak Chitnis
Intravenous diphenhydramine 50 mg combined with metoclopramide 10 mg IV did not induce a significantly improved sustained response, when compared...
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AHS: Insomnia in migraineurs indicates anxiety, depression risk
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- Deepak Chitnis
Migraine patients who also experience insomnia are at an elevated risk for developing anxiety and depression, so health care providers should be...
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AHS: Pediatric care of acute migraine may be lacking
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- Deepak Chitnis
A significant number of pediatric patients with migraine are not receiving any kind of medication.
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Chronic migraine found to have negative impact on parenting
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- Deepak Chitnis
Chronic migraine can have a noticeable impact on child-rearing and affect the overall quality of care provided to children by an afflicted parent...
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Veterans with TBI have higher rates of unemployment
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- Deepak Chitnis
Veterans who experienced a traumatic brain injury while serving have consistently higher rates of unemployment than fellow soldiers who did not...
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Research focus on drug-induced liver injury on the rise
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- Deepak Chitnis
Drug-induced liver injury continues to become a more commonly researched and discussed condition, but more work should be done on determining...