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Many Surgeons Suffer Injuries From Minimally Invasive Techniques, Survey Finds
Surgeons who engage in minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery are providing great benefits to their patients, but possibly to their own detriment. That’s the finding of the largest survey ever conducted of surgeons in North America who perform laparoscopic procedures…
Hope For Millions Who Suffer From Arthritic Pain
An expert network of doctors and research scientists is forming the world’s first national centre for research into understanding pain in arthritis. Backed by medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign and The University of Nottingham, it will aim to improve treatments for arthritis – the most common cause of chronic pain – which affects more than ten million people in the UK. The charity has awarded funding of £2.
Men are More Likely to suffer Cluster Migraines Posted By : Josh Goodall
It is widely known that women are more likely to suffer migraine than men. There are 30 million Americans who are suffering with different degrees of migraine problems, 75 per cent of them are women. But when it comes to cluster migraines, things change dramatically. More men then women are diagnosed as the patient of cluster migraines. According to medical statistics, 0.1 per cent of the population suffered form this kind of migraine. That is about 300,000 people around United States.
Family Physician Survey In Mainz: Patients With Depression Frequently Suffer From Medically Unexplained Pain
Pain symptoms that cannot be attributed, or at least not fully attributed, to an organic origin are more frequently and more severely experienced by patients with depression than by those without. “It is the case that women are much more frequently affected by depression and also by so-called somatoform pain disorder than men,” explains Dirk Frieser, psychologist at the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Physicians Caught In Bureaucratic Nightmare While Medicaid Children Suffer, USA
While only two-thirds of Texas doctors treat Medicaid patients, a Texas government agency is using tactics that might turn more doctors away from the program, according to the Texas Medical Association (TMA). In one recent example, Texas’ Office of Inspector General (OIG), a Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) agency, told San Antonio physician Milissa Aldridge, MD, that she can treat Medicaid patients only if she pays the state nearly $1 million.
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.
Michigan Hospitals Suffer GM’s Bankruptcy, New Medicaid Cuts
Health care could be the next Michigan industry to take a tumble, as hospitals anticipate caring for more uninsured patients in the wake of General Motor’s bankruptcy and cuts to the state Medicaid program, the Detroit Free Press reports. “Job seekers will notice fewer openings, as health systems, once a reliable source of employment and good benefits, cut their workforce.
Almost Half Of All Adolescents Suffer Low Back Pain
A study led by Catalan researchers confirms that 40% of adolescents have low back pain at least once a month. However, the real effect of this pain is minimal in 90% of cases. Another important piece of information: only 35% of adolescents have not had any type of pain in the last month.
Almost Half Of All Adolescents Suffer Occasional Low Back Pain
A new study found that 40% of adolescents have low back pain at least once a month. However, the real effect of this pain is minimal in 90% of cases. Another important piece of information: only 35% of adolescents have not had any type of pain in the last month.
Survey Finds Smokers Suffer More Back Pain
Smokers suffer more chronic back pain. This was the result of the analysis of a questionnaire performed by Monique Zimmermann-Stenzel and her colleagues and published in the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2008; 105[24]: 441-8). http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/pdf.
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