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#116: Rife with Strife, Installment #2
Part 2 of 4: Uncertainties and controversies in neurology and medicine - with focus on cardio and cerebrovascular disease, stroke and TIAs. Future Rife with Strife series will focus on controversies in other areas of neurology.
Today’s focus: EDTA (ethyline diamine tetra acetate) for the treatment of cardiac, peripheral and cerebral atherosclerosis.
Reports:
Basics of EDTA pharmacology
History of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#115: Rife with Strife, Installment #1Uncertainties and controversies in neurology and medicine - with focus on stroke and TIAs.
Part 1 of 4. This 4-part series focuses on controversies in the area of strokes and TIAs. Future Rife with Strife series will focus on controversies in other areas of neurology.
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The Role Of Controversies In The Advancement Of Medicine: medical [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#114: Information Technlogy for Neurology, Installment #3Harnessing information power for your patients and your practice. Part 2 of 2.
Special title for this installment: Information power forming the future of neurology and medicine.
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Elsevier’s WiserWiki Allows Physicians To Update Evidence-Based Medical Information With Experience-Based Practice Insights: WiserWiki potentially creates a virtual, living, continually updated medical manual – possibly much more [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#113: Information Technology for Neurology, Installment #2Harnessing information power for your patients and your practice
This week’s show: The I.T. Sword has Two Edges: benefits and Risks of I.T. for neurology
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Double-edged Sword of I.T.: It’s reaching into physician practices whether they’re ready for it or not. The government’s seeing to that. Is it a ‘brave new world’ for neurology [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#112: Reap the Sleep, Installment #6Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 4 of a 4-part series.
On this show: You’ll hear insights from sleep apnea patient Mr. Sam Frank for whom proper diagnosis and treatment of his obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - especially the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#112: Reap the Sleep, Installment #6Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 4 of a 4-part series.
On this show: You’ll hear insights from sleep apnea patient Mr. Sam Frank for whom proper diagnosis and treatment of his obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - especially the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#111: Reap the Sleep, Installment #5Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 3 of a 4-part series.
On this show: We conclude the 3 interviews with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. How important is sleep medicine in the practice of neurology? Might we expect significant increases - or [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#111: Reap the Sleep, Installment #5Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 3 of a 4-part series.
On this show: We conclude the 3 interviews with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. How important is sleep medicine in the practice of neurology? Might we expect significant increases - or [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#110: Reap the Sleep, Installment #4Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 2 of a 4-part series.
On this show: We continue our interviews with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. Cardiologists regularly use home testing for arrhythmia detection on a relatively large scale. Is it time for neurologists [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#110: Reap the Sleep, Installment #4Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 2 of a 4-part series.
On this show: We continue our interviews with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. Cardiologists regularly use home testing for arrhythmia detection on a relatively large scale. Is it time for neurologists [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#109: Reap the Sleep, Installment #3Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 1 of a 4-part series.
On this show: Interview with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. We’ll have an overview of Sleep Medicine, and highlight the importance Sleep Medicine as a medical specialty. Also: what percent of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#109: Reap the Sleep, Installment #3Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive or disturbed sleep. Part 1 of a 4-part series.
On this show: Interview with Sleep Medicine experts Dr. Michael Littner and Dr. Jay Puangco. We’ll have an overview of Sleep Medicine, and highlight the importance Sleep Medicine as a medical specialty. Also: what percent of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#108: Imagery for Neurology, Installment #3Imagery and images for neurology professionals: part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
Today’s show: Second part of the interview with Dr. Daniel Amen, MD and Dr. Douglass. They discuss the accuracy of SPECT images for ‘imaging human behavior,’ and the accuracy of SPECT scans for diagnosing preclinical and clinical Alzheimer’s disease. They’ll also touch [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#108: Imagery for Neurology, Installment #3Imagery and images for neurology professionals: part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
Today’s show: Second part of the interview with Dr. Daniel Amen, MD and Dr. Douglass. They discuss the accuracy of SPECT images for ‘imaging human behavior,’ and the accuracy of SPECT scans for diagnosing preclinical and clinical Alzheimer’s disease. They’ll also touch [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#107: Imagery for Neurology, Installment #2Imagery and images for neurology professionals.
Today’s show: Interview with Dr. Daniel Amen, MD. SPECT scanning has dramatically changed the way Dr. Amen looks at and sees (and treats) his patients.
Psychiatrists remain the only doctors who never look at the ‘organ’ they treat (the human brain). We make psychiatric diagnoses today essentially like our predecessors did [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#107: Imagery for Neurology, Installment #2Imagery and images for neurology professionals.
Today’s show: Interview with Dr. Daniel Amen, MD. SPECT scanning has dramatically changed the way Dr. Amen looks at and sees (and treats) his patients.
Psychiatrists remain the only doctors who never look at the ‘organ’ they treat (the human brain). We make psychiatric diagnoses today essentially like our predecessors did [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#106: Defeating Dementia, Installment #12Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 4 of a 4-part mini series.
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A New Method Has Been Developed to Efficiently Identify the Apo E4 Genetic Determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease: You may soon have a way to rapidly, accurately and inexpensively determine if your patients have the APO E4 genotype.
Politics of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#106: Defeating Dementia, Installment #12Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 4 of a 4-part mini series.
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A New Method Has Been Developed to Efficiently Identify the Apo E4 Genetic Determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease: You may soon have a way to rapidly, accurately and inexpensively determine if your patients have the APO E4 genotype.
Politics of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#105: Defeating Dementia, Installment #11Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 3 of a 4-part mini series.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid Increases SorLA/LR11 - a Sorting Protein with Reduced Expression in Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): Reduced LR-11 protein is associated with increased amyloid beta production. Increasing LR-11 levels using the docosohexaenoic acid, DHA [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#105: Defeating Dementia, Installment #11Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 3 of a 4-part mini series.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid Increases SorLA/LR11 - a Sorting Protein with Reduced Expression in Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): Reduced LR-11 protein is associated with increased amyloid beta production. Increasing LR-11 levels using the docosohexaenoic acid, DHA [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#104: Defeating Dementia, Installment #10Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 2 of a 4-part mini series.
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Lipids in the brain: an important factor for Alzheimer’s disease? Researchers at VIB Switch Laboratory in Switzerland recently discovered that a certain brain fat promotes formation of Alzheimer’s peptide, the neurotoxic protofibril. Key concept: concentrations of various lipids [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#104: Defeating Dementia, Installment #10Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 2 of a 4-part mini series.
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Lipids in the brain: an important factor for Alzheimer’s disease? Researchers at VIB Switch Laboratory in Switzerland recently discovered that a certain brain fat promotes formation of Alzheimer’s peptide, the neurotoxic protofibril. Key concept: concentrations of various lipids [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#103: Defeating Dementia, Installment #9
Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 1 of a 4-part mini series.
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Multifaceted Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease: From Social to Molecular Problems. We touch upon the many insights presented in this report from a special issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
‘Young-Onset’ Alzheimer’s Is Increasing: Increased awareness of young-onset [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#103: Defeating Dementia, Installment #9
Promising news and approaches for progressive brain disorders - Part 1 of a 4-part mini series.
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Multifaceted Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease: From Social to Molecular Problems. We touch upon the many insights presented in this report from a special issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
‘Young-Onset’ Alzheimer’s Is Increasing: Increased awareness of young-onset [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#102: Reign Over Pain, Installment #8Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients - Part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
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Fibrates and Statins Cut Peripheral Neuropathy Risk: in a subgroup of 530 people, fibrates reduced the risk of neuropathy by essentially 50%, and statins reduced the risk by 35%.
Monofilaments for Peripheral Neuropathy Testing Often Inaccurate: [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#102: Reign Over Pain, Installment #8Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients - Part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
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Fibrates and Statins Cut Peripheral Neuropathy Risk: in a subgroup of 530 people, fibrates reduced the risk of neuropathy by essentially 50%, and statins reduced the risk by 35%.
Monofilaments for Peripheral Neuropathy Testing Often Inaccurate: [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#101: Reign Over Pain, Installment #7Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients - Part 1 of a 2-part mini series.
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Migraine patients are at high risk for Serotonin Syndrome: consider the syndrome in any migraine patient with flu-like signs and symptoms, who is also taking combination of triptan plus an SSRI (or plus another serotonin agonist [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#101: Reign Over Pain, Installment #7Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients - Part 1 of a 2-part mini series.
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Migraine patients are at high risk for Serotonin Syndrome: consider the syndrome in any migraine patient with flu-like signs and symptoms, who is also taking combination of triptan plus an SSRI (or plus another serotonin agonist [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#100: Quest for the Best in Neurology, Installment #6Part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
After we give you a quick recap on Part 1 from last week…
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Neurons Can be Generated From Glial Cells. Glia cells are stem cells in the brain, and using specific transcription factors they can be induced to differentiate into functional nerve cells. With this remarkable discovery, we [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#100: Quest for the Best in Neurology, Installment #6Part 2 of a 2-part mini series.
After we give you a quick recap on Part 1 from last week…
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Neurons Can be Generated From Glial Cells. Glia cells are stem cells in the brain, and using specific transcription factors they can be induced to differentiate into functional nerve cells. With this remarkable discovery, we [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#99: Quest for the Best in Neurology, Installment #5Part 1 of a 2-part mini series.
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Simple Cocktail Turns Human Skin Cells (Fibroblasts) into Embryonic Stem Cell-Like Cells: the ‘right to life’ issues may now be out of the equation.
Rapid decision (as result of #1): California Stem Cell Agency heavily funds research on the non-embryonic stem cells: the ‘skin-cell-to-stem-cell discovery’ is already influencing [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#99: Quest for the Best in Neurology, Installment #5Part 1 of a 2-part mini series.
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Simple Cocktail Turns Human Skin Cells (Fibroblasts) into Embryonic Stem Cell-Like Cells: the ‘right to life’ issues may now be out of the equation.
Rapid decision (as result of #1): California Stem Cell Agency heavily funds research on the non-embryonic stem cells: the ‘skin-cell-to-stem-cell discovery’ is already influencing [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#98: Neurology Podcast For Peds, Installment #6This is part 2 of this 2-part Podcast for Peds series.
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Nursing Mothers’ Codeine Use May Be Risky for Infants: The C-Y-P-2-D-6 enzyme is involved in breaking down about 75 percent of all psychotropic medications, codeine being one of them. This is part of the early concept and specialty of ‘psychiatric pharmaco-genomics.’
Noise Helps Memory [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#98: Neurology Podcast For Peds, Installment #6This is part 2 of this 2-part Podcast for Peds series.
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Nursing Mothers’ Codeine Use May Be Risky for Infants: The C-Y-P-2-D-6 enzyme is involved in breaking down about 75 percent of all psychotropic medications, codeine being one of them. This is part of the early concept and specialty of ‘psychiatric pharmaco-genomics.’
Noise Helps Memory [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#97: Neurology Podcast For Peds , Installment #5This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Next week will be part 2 of Podcast for Peds (installment #6).
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Neuroimaging Advances in Cerebral Palsy: Thanks to recent advances in neuroimaging CP is no longer considered a static disease for which little can be done. Neuroimaging is taking the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#97: Neurology Podcast For Peds , Installment #5This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Next week will be part 2 of Podcast for Peds (installment #6).
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Neuroimaging Advances in Cerebral Palsy: Thanks to recent advances in neuroimaging CP is no longer considered a static disease for which little can be done. Neuroimaging is taking the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#96: Destination Demyelination, Installment #3Solutions for patients suffering from demyelination disorders
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Federal lawmakers recently formed first-ever Congressional Multiple Sclerosis caucus.
Scientists find that the newly discovered cellular markers for multiple sclerosis – the CD39 regulatory T cells – are deficient in MS patients.
Gene mutations/variations for the interleukin 2 and 7 receptors raise MS risk by 30%: This represents [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#96: Destination Demyelination, Installment #3Solutions for patients suffering from demyelination disorders
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Federal lawmakers recently formed first-ever Congressional Multiple Sclerosis caucus.
Scientists find that the newly discovered cellular markers for multiple sclerosis – the CD39 regulatory T cells – are deficient in MS patients.
Gene mutations/variations for the interleukin 2 and 7 receptors raise MS risk by 30%: This represents [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#95: Neoplasia News - Oncology for Neurology, Installment #2Hear these reports:
Glial cells are ‘teammates’ to the neurons and can apparently be ‘exercised’ to grow stronger.
Einstein’s brain has over 70% more glial cells per neuron (in the association area) than the average brain.
Gliomas from mobile phones: the jury’s still out, but evidence supporting a link is mounting, and be cognizant of the possibility of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#95: Neoplasia News - Oncology for Neurology, Installment #2Hear these reports:
Glial cells are ‘teammates’ to the neurons and can apparently be ‘exercised’ to grow stronger.
Einstein’s brain has over 70% more glial cells per neuron (in the association area) than the average brain.
Gliomas from mobile phones: the jury’s still out, but evidence supporting a link is mounting, and be cognizant of the possibility of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#94: Theatre of the Mind - Psychoneuroimmunology, Installment #2Dynamics Between Psyche, Nerves, Endocrine System and Immune System.
Hear this report: Placebo Response Receiving New Attention and the Respect it Deserves.
Weblinks:
Original story at Clinical Neurology News
Stimulate the nucleus accumbens in the midbrain and stimulate the immune system.
Citation (other): Harnessing the Power of the Placebo Effect and Renaming It “Remembered Wellness.” Herbert Benson, M.D, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#94: Theatre of the Mind - Psychoneuroimmunology, Installment #2Dynamics Between Psyche, Nerves, Endocrine System and Immune System.
Hear this report: Placebo Response Receiving New Attention and the Respect it Deserves.
Weblinks:
Original story at Clinical Neurology News
Stimulate the nucleus accumbens in the midbrain and stimulate the immune system.
Citation (other): Harnessing the Power of the Placebo Effect and Renaming It “Remembered Wellness.” Herbert Benson, M.D, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#93: Reap The Sleep, Installment #2Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive, or disturbed sleep
Focus: restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Hear these RLS-related reports:
Frequency and Pain of Restless Legs Should Guide Therapy
Dopamine Agonists Aid Sleep in Restless Legs
Other reports:
Vigilance is Impaired in Drivers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Screen Arnold-Chiari Patients for Sleep-Related Breathing Problems
Ramelteon Effective [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#93: Reap The Sleep, Installment #2Insights into sleep, and sleep disorders - whether lack of, excessive, or disturbed sleep
Focus: restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Hear these RLS-related reports:
Frequency and Pain of Restless Legs Should Guide Therapy
Dopamine Agonists Aid Sleep in Restless Legs
Other reports:
Vigilance is Impaired in Drivers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Screen Arnold-Chiari Patients for Sleep-Related Breathing Problems
Ramelteon Effective [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#92: Nerve University, Installment #4Education, Research and Scholarship in Neurology
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Gene Variants May Confer Sporadic ALS Susceptibility
Sago Palm As A Cause Of ALS (likely involves glutamate neurotoxicity). Might other toxins be involved in causing ALS too (depending on genetic susceptibility)?
Military Veterans Have Almost 60% Greater Chance Of Getting ALS Than The General Population.
Hereditary ALS Linked [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#92: Nerve University, Installment #4Education, Research and Scholarship in Neurology
Hear these reports and discussions:
Gene Variants May Confer Sporadic ALS Susceptibility
Sago Palm As A Cause Of ALS (likely involves glutamate neurotoxicity). Might other toxins be involved in causing ALS too (depending on genetic susceptibility)?
Military Veterans Have Almost 60% Greater Chance Of Getting ALS Than The General Population.
Hereditary ALS Linked [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#91: Movement Disorder Quarter, Installment #2Steadying Guidance on Motor Disturbances
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Gene Therapy Showed Promise for Parkinson Disease
NIH Examines Creatine for Parkinson’s Therapy
Tips for Calming Motor Fluctuations
Parkinson’s Drug Permax Withdrawn from Market
Parkinson’s Rotigotine Patch Treatment Approved
Safinamide Enhances Control of Parkinson’s: Combining the drug with dopamine enhanced the latter’s efficacy, which can lessen over time
Simvastatin Found to Reduce Parkinson’s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#91: Movement Disorder Quarter, Installment #2Steadying Guidance on Motor Disturbances
Hear these reports:
Gene Therapy Showed Promise for Parkinson Disease
NIH Examines Creatine for Parkinson’s Therapy
Tips for Calming Motor Fluctuations
Parkinson’s Drug Permax Withdrawn from Market
Parkinson’s Rotigotine Patch Treatment Approved
Safinamide Enhances Control of Parkinson’s: Combining the drug with dopamine enhanced the latter’s efficacy, which can lessen over time
Simvastatin Found to Reduce Parkinson’s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
#90: Infection-Inflammation, Installment #7Infection-Inflammation: Calor, Dolor, Rubor, Tumor for the 21st century Neurologist.
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Rapid Test For Viral Meningitis Is First To Win Agency Approval: Xpert EV test detects viral meningitis in CSF in < 3 hours (instead of the usual 3-7 day wait).
Serogroup 22 Emerging as Common Meningitis Cause (in > 60% cases): Is it time that [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
