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Oral drug seen preventing angioedema attacks
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- Jennie Smith
A novel agent led to a nearly 75% reduction in monthly attacks among people with a rare genetic disorder.
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Fibromyalgia should be seen as one, not two disorders
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- Jennie Smith
Symptom burden is the same whether fibromyalgia is primary or secondary.
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Transient epileptic amnesia: Rare, treatable, and easy to miss
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – A review of cases finds that neuroimaging with FDG-PET reveals focal abnormalities
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Peripheral nerve stimulation can reduce tremor symptoms
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES - A wrist device delivers transient relief following a 40-minute stimulation session.
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Cluster headache presents differently in never-smokers, survey finds
- Author:
- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – Patients not exposed to tobacco developed cluster headache at a younger age than exposed subjects.
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VIDEO: Eptinezumab shows efficacy in episodic and chronic migraine trials
- Author:
- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – One-third of patients on a high dose of the novel CGRP-blocking monoclonal antibody saw migraines reduced by 75%.
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Endometriosis pain stemming from pelvic spasms improved with botulinum toxin
- Author:
- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES - In a study enrolling 28 women with endometriosis, all had evidence of myofascial dysfunction and pain.
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VIDEO: AAN MS guidelines aim to help clinicians weigh expanding drug choices
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- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – A “dramatically different” landscape of treatment options allows better tailoring to patients, authors say.
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VIDEO: Encouraging results reported for novel Huntington’s disease therapy
- Author:
- Jennie Smith
LOS ANGELES – In a short, 46-patient trial, the antisense oligonucleotide IONIS-HTTRx safely reduced CSF concentrations of the huntingtin protein...
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VIDEO: Ubrogepant reduced pain, related symptoms of a migraine attack
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- Jennie Smith
Significantly more patients treated with the CGRP blocker saw pain relief within 2 hours of taking the oral medication, compared with placebo.
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Cannabis users at highest psychosis risk may elect to quit
- Author:
- Jennie Smith
The new findings could help guide clinicians whose patients express a desire to quit and report psychosis-like experiences associated with...
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Tear proteins seen as Parkinson’s biomarker
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- Jennie Smith
The test centers on elevated levels of oligomeric alpha-synuclein.
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Palliative care for patients suffering from severe persistent mental illness
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- Jennie Smith
Psychiatrists and palliative care specialists say certain patients with severe persistent mental illness deserve more palliative care options.
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Cognitive decline not seen with lower BP treatment targets
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- Jennie Smith
A 10-year study finds less, not more, cognitive decline associated with aggressive control – especially in black patients.
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Air pollution seen acting on stress hormones
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- Jennie Smith
A novel study in China identifies several potential pathways between exposure and increased cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.