Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Botulinum toxin may be beneficial for isolated, essential head tremor

For patients with isolated or essential head tremor, injection of botulinum toxin into each splenius capitis muscle on day 0 and during week 12 is more effective than placebo for reducing tremor severity, according to a study ...

Medications

Methotrexate reduces pain in hand osteoarthritis with synovitis

For patients with hand osteoarthritis and synovitis, methotrexate has a potentially clinically meaningful effect on reducing pain, with no increase in adverse events, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in The Lancet.

Medications

Inhaled amikacin reduces ventilatory-associated pneumonia

For critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for at least three days, a three-day course of inhaled amikacin reduces the subsequent burden of ventilatory-associated pneumonia, according to a study published ...

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