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- Migraine aura without headache: Benign, but a diagnosis of exclusion
Migraine aura can occur alone, without being followed by a headache, but it should be diagnosed only when transient ischemic attack and seizure disorders have been excluded.
- Treating depression in a mother of five: What to do when the first step fails
If depression does not respond to an antidepressant given in adequate doses for an adequate time, logical next steps include increasing the dose, adding a different medication, or adding nonpharmacologic therapy. Or one can reconsider the diagnosis.
- Respiratory disorders in neurologic diseases
Pulmonary complications often arise late in the course of neurologic diseases. Common principles apply in their management.
- Intravascular ultrasonography: Using imaging end points in coronary atherosclerosis trials
Intravascular ultrasonography can precisely measure plaque and is being used to test new drug therapies. Other imaging tests may also prove useful to identify people at risk for coronary artery disease and to monitor treatment.
Preventing ischemic stroke: Choosing the best strategyDo statins prevent stroke? Which antithrombotic drugs are best? What is the best way to treat carotid stenosis?
- Intervention as prevention
True primary prevention of disease or its complications seems an attainable goal in many situations.