The XX Factor. Treating Women with Anti-epileptic Drugs

The book describes recent advances in diagnostic radiology which are improving discrimination in difficult cases and advancing understanding of the disease. Each of the different groups of medical therapies is appointed a chapter. What seemed (to this medical SHO) a mildly bewildering array of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of this disease is reduced to four groups with clear indications and remarkably uncomplicated pharmacology. In the spirit of Evidence Based Medicine, the author often provides brief descriptions and analyses of trials and illustrates these with graphs and confidence intervals. The reader is therefore acquainted with some of the controversies and background knowledge to confidently interpret the new NICE guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s Disease. The final chapter concerns these new guidelines, and this book is harmonious with the recommendations. Parkinson’s Disease in Practice is an accessible, authoritative introduction to the current knowledge in this debilitating illness which should be of interest to any doctor working on medical wards.