Specialist Updates Cardiology

Antibiotics cut ventilation pneumonia risk: study

13th November 2019
Two days of prophylactic antibiotic treatment administered shortly after cardiac arrest can cut early ventilation-associated…
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Person in ICU on ventilator
Australian Doctor News

Dementia risk can be assessed as young as 36

6th November 2019
Patients as young as 36 should undergo vascular risk assessment and receive appropriate treatment to help reduce their…
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GP consult
Medical Observer Opinion

Why science says listen to your gut on neuro diseases

6th November 2019
For centuries, treating neurological conditions meant developing therapies or drugs that directly targeted the brain. Today…
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Professor Sarkis Mazmanian
6Minutes News

5 health reasons to ditch daylight savings, say doctors

5th November 2019
It's widely hated by parents of small children, and now, daylight savings is in the sights of US sleep disorder doctors, who…
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Daylight saving
Australian Doctor News

Nitrous oxide causing 'devastating' injury

4th November 2019
Prolonged misuse of nitrous oxide for recreational purposes can lead to spinal cord demyelination and loss of the ability to…
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Nitrous oxide nangs
Specialist Updates Neurology

Elevated C-reactive protein linked with migraine

4th November 2019
Elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) are associated with headaches occurring on more than seven…
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Headache
Specialist Updates Neurology

High dementia risk quantified in Down syndrome

1st November 2019
People with Down syndrome aged 55 have about a two in three chance of incident dementia before they reach 65, a US study…
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karyotype Down syndrome