 Using a nicotine patch leads to improvement in patients with mild cognitive impairment, a US study has found. |
Patients receiving acupuncture have fewer days with migraine, but the effects of the intervention on migraine frequency and quality of life is 'minor' compared with sham acupuncture, say researchers. |
 Patients with recurrent headaches can ease their symptoms by drinking more water, a new study reports. |
 Newer agents used as adjunctive therapies to treat epilepsy have not had a substantial impact on preventing seizures over the last decade, a new study suggests. |
 NICE has set a remarkable precedent by announcing it will review its recommendations on first-line drugs for neuropathic pain just eighteen months after they were published, over concerns about ‘the costs to the NHS’. |
 This award-winning series of photographs shows a 60-year-old woman with pre-operative facial palsy. |
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GP Dr Graham Archard’s key points on diagnosis and management |
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Neurologist Dr Mark Price’s update on distinguishing essential tremor from Parkinson’s, medical management and the surgical options |
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GPs Dr Keith Hopcroft and Dr Vincent Forte advise a calm approach to anxiety consultations in the latest in their series on symptom sets |
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Headache specialist Dr Andy Dowson provides hints on managing headache and identifying which patients to refer. |