Patients who have experienced a first cerebral ischemic event are at increased risk of
recurrent stroke. There is strong evidence that low-level inflammation as measured by high …

Purpose Sarcopenia is associated with poor outcomes, and evidence suggests an inverse
relationship between skeletal muscle mass and cardiovascular risk. Sarcopenia has been …

Objectives To investigate the correlation between sarcopenia and arterial stiffness in
Caucasians, centering on the relationship between skeletal mass index (SMI) and the cardio …

HIV, first described clinically in 1981 and identified in 1983, rapidly emerged to be a major
cause of morbidity and premature mortality. Prior to the introduction of combination …

Objectives: The risk profile of white-coat hypertension/effect (WCH/E) remains unclear. This
study aimed to investigate the relationship between WCH/E, markers of cardiovascular risk …

A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed recurrent enterovirus
meningoencephalitis while taking prednisolone, azathioprine and rituximab. After reducing …

Introduction Historically, single tissue vasculitis has been managed with steroid
monotherapy. Recent data from large longitudinal databases on systemic vasculitis suggest …

Background: The ABCD2 score is a clinical tool currently categorising transient ischaemic
attack (TIA) patients as low or high risk. Arterial stiffness, a novel physiological parameter …

We report a 52-year old female who initially presented with episodes of vertigo, headache
and diplopia. Vestibular migraine or Meniere's disease was diagnosed. Two-years later she …

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is more common in men than women, with a relative
risk 1.5 times greater in males [1]. Additionally, IPD tends to present later in women [2, 3] and …