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Breakthroughs In Treatment Of Spine And Back Conditions
Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions – including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae…
Childhood Maltreatment And Migraine (part III). Association With Comorbid Pain Conditions
UroToday.com – Childhood maltreatment is prevalent and has been associated with a wide range of adult psychiatric and physical disorders. Many studies have focused on the relationship of abuse with depression and anxiety, 2 conditions strongly associated with chronic pain syndromes. The relationship of childhood maltreatment and chronic pain conditions remains a subject of considerable debate…
Urologic And Non-Urologic Unexplained Clinical Conditions Overlap
UroToday.com – Unexplained clinical conditions have been referred to by many names including functional somatic syndromes. They are characterized by a lack of clear physical or biological etiology, or inconsistent demonstration of laboratory abnormalities…
Nurses Plan Strike Over Swine Flu Conditions At Hospitals
More than 16,000 registered nurses are locked in a contract dispute with officials at 37 Catholic hospitals statewide and plan to strike Oct. 30 out of concern that the hospitals’ lax safety standards put them at risk of catching H1N1 flu. The California Nurses Assn., which is in bargaining talks with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West hospitals, announced the strike this morning. Local hospitals expected to be affected include California Hospital Medical Center, St.
Obesity And Migraine Sufferers More Emotionally Traumatized Than Those With Life-Threatening Conditions
Need another reason to commit to a healthy diet and exercise? Think migraines are just headaches? Migraine and obesity sufferers feel more emotional pain than those dealing with life-threatening conditions like congestive heart failure, prostate cancer, osteoporosis and high blood pressure. In fact, they tend to feel more pessimistic than those diagnosed with depression.
63 Percent Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Suffer Psychiatric Disorders, With Depressive Spectrum Conditions Most Likely
Over half (63 percent) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also suffer from psychiatric disorders, with the majority of these (87 percent) occurring in the depressive spectrum, according to a new study. Interestingly, over half (52 percent) of the patients studied indicated that they had experienced stress events before the onset of their RA.
Health Plus Of New York Expands Use Of Health Integrated Program To Reach Significantly More Members With Chronic Conditions
Health Plus, one of New York-area’s largest providers of State-sponsored health insurance, and Health Integrated, a Targeted Population Health Management company focused on the critical interplay between medical and psychosocial health, have renewed and expanded their partnership to benefit significantly more Health Plus Medicaid members who have complicated chronic medical conditions.
Introduction Of Bill To Protect Health Coverage For Children With Chronic Medical Conditions, USA
Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13), Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R–FL–18) today introduced a bill to protect health coverage for children with chronic medical conditions.
Imaging For Low-Back Pain Without Indication Of Serious Underlying Conditions Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes
The routine use of radiography, MRI, or CT scans in patients with low-back pain but no indication of a serious underlying condition does not improve clinical outcomes. Thus doctors should refrain from routine, immediate scanning unless they observe features of a serious underlying condition. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article in this week’s edition of The Lancet, written by Dr Roger Chou, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, and colleagues.
Debiopharm And Pharmaleads Sign License Agreement For Debio 0827 Or PL37 In Treatment Of Chronic Pain Conditions
Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global biopharmaceutical development specialist that focuses on serious medical conditions and particularly oncology, and Pharmaleads SAS, a science driven drug discovery and early development company, today announced the signature of an exclusive license agreement for the development, registration and commercialisation of a small molecule called Debio 0827 or PL37, about to enter phase I clinical trials.
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