Patient Care Neurology & Psychiatry - November 2007 - (Page 3) www.patientcareonline.com Vol. 41 No. 27 NOVEMBER 2007 NEUROLOGY & PSYCHIATRY ROGER E. KELLEY, MD Medical Editor 10 Dementia workup and treatment: Do the drugs really work? JOHN B. STANDRIDGE, MD; MALISSA G. TALBERT, MD NEWS 2 Research Digest I Women Early diagnosis is the first best possible step in the longterm management of Alzheimer’s disease. It allows for early initiation of cholinesterase inhibitor treatment, which will likely stabilize and may possibly reduce the rate of symptomatic cognitive and functional decline. with dementia lose weight long before diagnosis I Epilepsy patients with aura may benefit from surgery I Zolmitriptan nasal spray relieves cluster headaches 7 Medicine in the News I Managing psychotic symptoms in dementia patients I When anxious patients turn to CAM remedies I News from the FDA 26 Clinical Clips I Stroke I Antidiabetic prevention: Warfarin or aspirin? drugs for patients with diabetes and heart failure CLINICAL SOLUTIONS 20 Help for your patients who suffer from specific phobias STEVEN L. SHEARER, PhD; MICHAEL X. DWYER, MD 9 The 15-Minute Visit I Somatization disorder 27 Case & Comment I Eosinophilia Unlike other anxiety disorders, specific phobias generally do not respond well to medication. Here is how primary care physicians can help their phobic patients find relief from their paralyzing fears. and persistent myalgias PERSPECTIVES 29 The Science of Healing I Mind over BP—or, lessons from a yogi www. patientcareonline.com ONLINE EXCLUSIVES New oral hypoglycemics better than old? Standard therapy for thromboembolic disease still key Lowering homocysteine in kidney disease Does bariatric surgery prevent death? Mothers who smoke keep their babies awake And more READER SERVICES 31 Classified Advertising NOVEMBER 2007 PATIENT CARE NEUROLOGY & PSYCHIATRY 3 http://www.patientcareonline.com http://www.patientcareonline.com
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