In what a prosecutor called a “betrayal of medical ethics,” a Detroit-area physician signed off on unnecessary neurological tests for patients recruited with cash, food, and controlled substances.
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Less aggressive care after warfarin prescription a possible explanation, researchers say.
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A new study has identified an association between commonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and a wide range of birth defects.
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In postpartum women, clinicians must be watchful for neurologic deterioration, which might signal this often fatal condition.
Medscape Neurology

Medscape sits down with Dr. Kimford Meador to discuss the effects of in utero antiepileptic exposure on cognition in children.
Medscape Neurology

Postpartum cerebral vasoconstriction can rapidly lead to ischemia, brain edema, and death, clinicians warn in a new report.
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Young adults born with very low birth weight demonstrate lower scores on neurocognitive tests vs those born with normal weight.
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Young adults born with very low birth weight demonstrate lower scores on neurocognitive tests vs those born with normal weight.
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Postpartum pain prescriptions need to change again, warn investigators.
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Generalized tonic clonic seizures occur with greater frequency during anovulatory vs ovulatory menstrual cycles.
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Despite previous research suggesting breastfeeding reduces relapses, investigators say women may be better off resuming their medications.
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A new study has reassuring results for women with multiple sclerosis considering a family.
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The FDA is adding cognitive delay to warnings about neural tube defects in children of mothers taking valproate vs other antiepileptic drugs.
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The FDA is adding cognitive delay to warnings about neural tube defects in children of mothers taking valproate vs other antiepileptic drugs.
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Women who use oral contraceptive pills or hormone replacement therapy may be less apt to develop brain aneurysm, researchers find.
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Women who use oral contraceptive pills or hormone replacement therapy may be less apt to develop brain aneurysm, researchers find.
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Nonsurgical treatment of gum disease during pregnancy is safe for mother and fetus; however, it does not result in improved cognitive, motor, or language development in the child.
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King Pharmaceuticals notes that Embeda, a combination of morphine and naltrexone, has been voluntarily withdrawn because “a prespecified stability requirement was not met during routine testing.”
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The elaborate process of e-prescribing controlled substances has uncertain appeal for practitioners.
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery

Little or no coffee intake was associated with increased stroke risk in a study of Swedish women, but the researchers urge caution in interpreting the findings from this observational study.
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Does violence toward women by an intimate partner increase their risk of migraine?
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New human data show that the prevalence of cleft lips and palates in infants born to women taking topiramate was roughly 3 times higher than that for women taking other antiepileptic drugs.
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Credit may go to improvements during the last 15 years in perinatal and neonatal care of preterm infants, the researchers say.
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The diagnosis should only be one of exclusion when there are stroke symptoms, experts emphasize.
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Despite being approved in the United States and United Kingdom for use in chronic migraines, published evidence on the effectiveness of the treatment is “limited and unconvincing,” researchers assert.
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Despite being approved in the United States and United Kingdom for use in chronic migraines, published evidence on the effectiveness of the treatment is “limited and unconvincing,” researchers assert.
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Results of the long-awaited study show that prenatal surgery reduces the need for shunting and improves motor outcomes, but carries maternal and fetal risks.
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The predictors of infertility in women with epilepsy are assessed with long-term follow-up.
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery

The recommendations will help with the diagnosis and treatment of this uncommon cause of stroke that mostly affects young people.
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Does living with dementia differ between ethnic groups? This study examined the subjective reality of dementia from the perspective of the 3 largest ethnic groups in the UK.
The Gerontologist