Atherosclerotic Brain Disease, Alzheimers, Smoking and Drinking, Soaring Medical Costs, and Absence Seizures
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Atherosclerotic Brain Disease, Alzheimers, Smoking and Drinking, Soaring Medical Costs, and Absence Seizures
Asymptomatic intracranial restenosis in patients treated with stenting or angioplasty for atherosclerosis follows a benign course. The risk of Alzheimer’s disease increases in smokers those who drink more than two drinks daily. A study projects that over the next ten years, medical costs will soar to an estimated 4.3 trillion dollars per year. Absence seizures in children usually disappear by late adolescence, but should be evaluated and treated with specific anticonvulsant medications in the meantime.
Submission | May 9, 2008
