Neurology Alert articles from August 2002

Neurology Alert archives from August 2002

Inosine promotes stroke recovery.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Chen P, et al. Inosine induces axonal rewiring and improves behavioral outcome after stroke. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2002;99:9031-9036. DESPITE RECENT ADVANCES, THERAPY FOR ACUTE STROKE remains minimal....

Cyclophosphamide for severe myasthenia gravis.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Gustavo De Feo LC, et al. Use of intravenous pulsed cyclophosphamide in severe generalized myasthenia gravis. Muscle Nerve. 2002;26:31-36. TWENTY-THREE PATIENTS, AGED 21-65 YEARS, WITH severe...

Chronic infection may contribute to stroke risk.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Pietroiusti A, et al. Cytotoxin-associated gene-a-positive Helicobacter pylori strains are associated with atherosclerotic stroke. Circulation. 2002;106:580-584. IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT CHRONIC INFLAMMATION...

Sensory training for patients with focal hand dystonia.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Zeuner KE, et al. Sensory training for patients with focal hand dystonia. Ann Neurol. 2002;51:593-598. FOCAL TASK-SPECIFIC DYSTONIA (FTSD) IS ONE OF THE most unusual movement disorders. Far from rare, it...

Neuroupdate: disorders of beta-oxidation.
August 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Vockley J, Whiteman DMH. Defects of mitochondrial beta-oxidation: A growing group of disorders. Neuromuscul Disord. 2002;12:235-246. FIRST DESCRIBED IN 1973, AT LEAST 22 INBORN DISOR-ders of fatty acid...

Don't crack the back? No benefit of chiropractic for low back pain. (Brief Alert).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Hsieh CY, et al. Effectiveness of four conservative treatments for subacute low back pain. Spine. 2002;27:1142-1148. THIS RANDOMIZED, ASSESSOR-BLINDED CLINICAL trial was designed to investigate the effectiveness of 3 manual...

Decade of the Brain gives birth to new neuroethics. (Special Feature).
August 1, 2002... Conference Focuses on Ethics of Treating Brain Disorders A LITTLE MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, IN 1990, THE federal government launched the Decade of the Brain initiative, a focused effort to encourage research into the diseases of the brain and...

No shortage in sight for tetanus-diphtheria vaccine. (Pharmacology Watch).
August 1, 2002... The number of vaccine shortages has been unprecedented in the last year, but at least one vaccine, tetanus-diphtheria (Td), is back in full production. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that they are removing...

Creatine supplementation on anaerobic performance. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Misic M, Kelley GA. Am J Sports Med. 2002;4:116-124. MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES OF all ages sometimes use supplementation with various herbal and medicinal substances touted to enhance performance, appearance, or energy levels....

Do delayed prescriptions reduce the use of antibiotics for the common cold? (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: An-oil B, et al. J Fam Pract. 2002;51:324-328. DESPITE WELL-ESTABLISHED EDUcational principles that decry the use of antibiotics for viral upper respiratory infections (URI), clinicians continue to prescribe them both here and...

Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Lederle FA, et al. NEngl J Med. 2002;346:1437-1444. ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (AAA) are responsible for 9000 deaths annually in the United States. Surgical procedures for elective AAA repair are performed over 30,000 times...

Falls in rural elders: an empiric study of risk factors. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Richardson DR, et al. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2002;15:178-182. ALMOST HALF OF PERSONS OLDER than 75 years fall each year. When these individuals subsequently fracture a hip, more than half will die within 12 months. Understanding the...

Secondary prevention of CHD. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(coronary heart disease)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Gaspoz JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1800-1806. ASPIRIN (ASA) FOR SECONDARY PRE-vention of cardiovascular disease end points has been widely used, based on cumulative experience which suggests that myocardial infarction, stroke,...

Use of ramipril in preventing stroke. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Bosch J, et al. BMJ. 2002;2:261-264. AMONG THE FIRST-WORLD NATIONS, stroke remains the second leading cause of death. Encouraging results from trials of hypertension management indicate that control of blood pressure with a variety...