Neurology Alert articles from March 2003

Neurology Alert archives from March 2003

Another drug for the migraine prophylaxis armamentarium.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Tronvik B, et al. Prophylactic treatment of migraine with an angiotensin II receptor blocker. JAMA. 2003;289:65-69. SEVERAL LINES OF EVIDENCE SUGGEST THAT ACE INHIBITION and/or angiotensin receptor...

A new benign sexual headache: sildenafil (Viagra[R])-induced migraine.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Kruuse C, et al. Migraine can be induced by sildenafil without changes in middle cerebral artery diameter. Brain. 2003;126:241-247. ACCORDING TO THE PDR, (1) 16% OF PATIENTS USING sildenafil in clinical...

Rasagiline in early Parkinson's disease.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: The Parkinson Study Group. A controlled trial of rasagiline in early Parkinson Disease. Arch Neurol. 2002;59:1937-1943. LIKE ITS COUSIN SELEGILINE, RASAGILINE IS A SELECtive irreversible inhibitor of...

New practice parameters for treatment of seizures.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Sources: Chang BS, Lowenstein DH. Antiepileptic drug prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2003;60:1O-16; Hirtz D,...

A look at some memorable brains.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Maguire EA, et al. Routes to remembering: The brains behind superior memory. Nat Neurosci. 2003;6(1):90-95. DISORDERS OF MEMORY ARE FREQUENTLY STUDIED, but exceptional recall abilities have been the...

Demyelinating neuropathy and antineurofilament antibodies.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Stubbs EB Jr, et al. Anti-neurofilament antibodies in neuropathy with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance produce experimental motor nerve conduction block. Acta Neuropathol. 2003;105:109-116....

A fishy story about stroke.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: He K, et al. Fish consumption and risk of stroke in men. JAMA. 2002;288:3130-3136. SEVERAL PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE REPORTED INVERSE associations between fish intake and the risk of stroke in men (1) and...

Muscle-nerve root correlation for EMG.(electromyography)
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Source: Tsao BE, et al. Comparison of surgical and electrodiagnostic findings in single root lumbosacral radiculopathies. Muscle Nerve. 2003;27:60-64. RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF NEEDLE EMG FINDINGS on 45 patients...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2003... In the February 2003 Neurology Alert, CME question number 5 referred to an article not yet published. The article and the CME question are published in this issue. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

Smallpox vaccination guidelines published by CDC. (Pharmacology Watch).(US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 1, 2003... The CDC published "Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse Reactions--Guidance for Clinicians" in the Jan. 24th edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The guidance is a thorough review of the smallpox vaccine with a well-illustrated...

The metabolic syndrome and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Lakka HM, et al. JAMA. 2002;288:2709-2716. THE METABOLIC SYNDROME (MBS) HAS 2 currently popular definitions. According to the National Cholesterol Education Program, MBS exists when a patient has at least 3 of the following...

Amlodipine fosinopril combination on microalbuminuria in hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Fogari R, et al. Am J Hypertens. 2002;15:1042-1049. NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE CONfirmed the role of ACE inhibitors in modulation of microalbuminuria. The data on effects of calcium channel blockers (CCB) have been conflicting,...

Relation between alcohol consumption and C-reactive protein levels in the adult United States population. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Stewart SH, et al. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2002;15:437-442. EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA CONSISTENTLY indicate that moderate intake of alcohol (ETOH) is associated with reductions in cardiovascular mortality. Though the mechanism by which this...

Prostate cancer screening. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Ransohohoff DF, et al. Am J Med. 2002;113:663-667. IN CONTRAST TO SCREENING FOR breast and colon cancer, both of which have been demonstrated to reduce mortality, prostate cancer screening (PCS) has not yet been proven to favorably...

Can we trust home BP measurement? (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(blood pressure)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Bachmann LM, et al. J Clin Hypertens. 2002;4:405-407.412. THE WINDOW OF OBSERVATION OF blood pressure as obtained in the typical office setting has important limitations, with both exaggerations (ie, "white-coat" hypertension), and...

Systolic and diastolic dysfunction. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Source: Redfield MM, et al. JAMA. 2003,289:194-202. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) IS typically classified as systolic (ie, reduced ejection fraction), diastolic (normal ejection fraction, with impaired ventricular filling), or both....