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Imaging acute ischemic stroke patients’ brains did not lead to improved outcomes
The use of an advanced imaging shortly after the onset of acute stroke failed to identify a subgroup of patients who could benefit from a clot-removal procedure, a study has found.
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Stroke During Childhood May Raise Risk for Epilepsy, Study Says
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Patient Involvement Lowers Health Costs, Study Says
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Patient Involvement Lowers Health Costs, Study Says
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Syria: UN begins delivery of safe water supplies for 10 million people
A girl carrying jerrycans of water, walks past a pile of debris on a street in Aleppo, Syria.
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Imaging biomarker predicts response to rapid antidepressant
The level of increased activity in left and right visual cortex (blue), while attending to emotional faces in a working memory task, predicted depressed patients’ responsiveness to the experimental antidepressant scopolamine. View from the back of the brain shows fMRI data superimposed on anatomical MRI scan data.
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Stressed-Out Women May Be More Sensitive to Sounds
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Defend Against Double-Dipping at Your Super Bowl Party
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning — New York City, 2010–2011
Eating large, tropical, predatory reef fish, such as barracuda and grouper, may put consumers at risk for ciguatera fish poisoning. Until recently ciguatera fish poisoning was fairly uncommon in New York City, where there has now been a large increase in cases among people who have eaten locally purchased barracuda or grouper. Although some of the initial symptoms (nausea, vomiting and diarrhea) resemble other types of food poisoning, the neurological symptoms, like difficulty walking, weakness, tooth pain and reverse temperature sensation may also occur and can persist for months. Currently, there is no practical way to test fish before they come to market, so current efforts to prevent ciguatera depend on knowing which fishing areas have fish that might contain ciguatoxins, as well as accurate diagnosis and consistent reporting by health care providers to local public health agencies. Fish with ciguatoxins do not look sick. Ciguatoxins do not hurt the fish. Fish with ciguatoxins do not look, smell or taste differently from fish without ciguatoxins.
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Antibiotic Resistance Strikes $15 Billion Ornamental Fish Industry
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