Posttraumatic headache (PTH) with a migraine phenotype is associated with persistent symptoms following concussion, compared with nonmigraine PTH or no PTH, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Although concussion symptoms usually resolve days to weeks after an injury, 10% to 30% of patients can present with symptoms for longer than 4 weeks,… Read More »
Brits from BAME backgrounds ARE more likely to die of Covid-19, Public Health England review confirms – while the disease is 70 TIMES more likely to kill over-80s, diabetes is a major risk factor and men in lower-paid jobs are dying at ‘significant’ rates Health chiefs launched a probe on the impact of Covid-19 on… Read More »
Patients with cluster headache (CH), migraine, and tension-type headache (TTH) differ from each other in regard to sensory function in the trigeminocervical region, ear, and cervical spine, as assessed by quantitative sensory testing (QST), a study in Neurological Sciences suggests. The study included 16 patients with CH, 52 patients with migraine, 71 patients with TTH,… Read More »
The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease and community-acquired pneumonia remains high among people living with HIV, investigators from the Netherlands report in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Rates of these serious lung infections were highest among people not taking anti-HIV drugs and with CD4 cell count below 500. Incidence was also much higher than that seen in the… Read More »
New cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among Canadian gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) were uncommon compared with rates previously reported in Europe, according to research presented this week at the AASLD Liver Meeting in Boston. “This low incidence is reassuring since studies have shown that risk behaviour associated with sexually… Read More »