Motor and psychiatric complications are frequent reasons for hospital admission of patients with Parkinson’s disease and guidelines are needed for the management of in-hospital care, according to a National Parkinson Foundation working group (Aminoff et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2011; 17: 139-145).
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August 11, 2011A study of 276 consecutive patients undergoing postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer has found that 32.1% manifest depressive symptoms (Luutonen et al. Radiother Oncol 2011; epublished February 11, 2011).