ASPREE shows no stroke benefit for low dose aspirin and some risk of bleeding

Low-dose aspirin should not be used for primary prevention in older people as it has no benefit and increases the risk of major bleeding events, an Australian RCT has shown. Among the many outcomes assessed in the five-year Aspirin in Reducing Events...

Low-dose aspirin should not be used for primary prevention in older people as it has no benefit and increases the risk...

Pain

Myositis: clinicians and patients differ in perceptions of troublesome outcomes

Big differences exist between clinicians and myositis patients in perceptions of the most troublesome aspects of the condition, a study by Outcomes Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) group shows. While clinicians nominate muscle, skin and joint symptoms and dysphagia as the...

Big differences exist between clinicians and myositis patients in perceptions of the most troublesome aspects of the condition, a ...

Stroke

Diabetes screening after stroke may help improve outcomes

A third of stroke patients have diabetes and screening for it could help address the poor outcomes in stroke associated with dysglycaemia, Victorian researchers say. A meta-analysis of 39 studies involving almost 360,000 patients with acute stroke has estimated the...

A third of stroke patients have diabetes and screening for it could help address the poor outcomes in stroke associated...

Seizures

Earlier treatment better than later in unprovoked first seizure

In adults with an unprovoked first seizure the use of immediate antiepileptic therapy is preferable to deferred treatment, a novel decision analysis model concludes. Writing in Neurology, researchers from Harvard Medical School...

In adults with an unprovoked first seizure the use of immediate antiepileptic therapy is preferable to deferred treatment,...