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A machine-learning platform that uses the entire shape of cerebral blood flow velocity waveforms acquired via transcranial Doppler imaging is more accurate for diagnosing concussion

AAN: Using Entire Shape of CBFV Waveform IDs Concussion

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Machine-learning platform uses entire shape of cerebral blood flow velocity waveforms
New research suggests that all women turning 40 should get a breast cancer risk assessment

About Half of Women May Benefit From Mammograms at 40

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Study puts new scrutiny on latest guidelines, which recommend screening can begin at age 45 or 50
Once-daily eslicarbazepine acetate (Aptiom) may control seizures just as well as twice-daily carbamazepine (Tegretol

AAN: Once-Daily Eslicarbazepine Helps Prevent Seizures

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Eslicarbazepine may make management easier, safer for patients with epilepsy, researchers say
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected livers seem to do as well as healthy livers in patients with HCV

HCV-Infected Liver Transplants Can Work for HCV+ Patients

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Findings might help reduce organ waiting list, researchers say
Clemastine fumarate partially reverses optic neuropathy in patients with multiple sclerosis

AAN: Antihistamine May Help Reverse Optic Neuropathy in MS

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Vision improvement with clemastine fumarate appears modest but results are promising
The Zika virus may be linked to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

AAN: Zika May Be Linked to Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

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Researchers in Brazil detect symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis
For patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty

Peripheral Nerve Block Beneficial in Arthroplasty

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Reduced odds of complications and resource utilization with PNB in knee/hip arthroplasty
Cryoablation therapy may reduce phantom limb pain that many amputees experience

SIR: Cryoablation Helps Ease Phantom Limb Pain for Amputees

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Targeted treatment of nerve and scar tissue found to improve symptoms
Expert consensus guidance has been issued regarding the use of non-statin therapies to lower cholesterol in high-risk patients. The consensus document was published online April 1 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology to coincide with presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology

ACC: Expert Guidance Issued for Use of Non-Statin Therapies

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Authors recommend addition of ezetimibe at 10 mg/day for higher-risk patients
New research adds to growing evidence that bariatric surgery helps patients with type 2 diabetes lower their blood glucose levels for at least five years. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology

ACC: More Evidence of Long-Term Benefits of Bariatric Surgery

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After five years, more patients in surgery group had lower blood glucose than in medication-only group