As per the recent analysis, patients with post-dural puncture headache get a quick relief when treated with topical sphenopalatine ganglion block.
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Osteoarthritis is a degenerative type of arthritis that breakdown cartilages and bones and contributed to high disability incidences. Throughout the world, 0.85% of cases is of hip osteoarthritis. Specific therapeutic exercises such as land-based exercises show a significant impact in osteoarthritis management.
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A recent study revealed that tacrolimus was found safe and efficacious as an add-on to biological DMARDs in patients with RA. The Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are used to manage the condition of rheumatoid arthritis to reduce joint inflammation. However, doctors used specific biological modifiers such as tacrolimus with DMARDs.
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According to a study conducted by the scientists of the Medical Center Asturias and Central University Hospital of Asturias, the drug-resistant chronic cluster headache (CCH) can be managed significantly and safely via deep brain stimulation (DBS).
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Generally, an anti-rheumatic agent methotrexate was used to treat patients who have rheumatoid arthritis for around six months. The response of several patients was very well to this treatment. In case the patients do not respond, and no remission is seen, or at least a decrease in the action of the disease can be obtained.
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Thiazide diuretic may decrease the risk of fracture, indicating the protective effect of this class in clinical practice.
Osteoporosis is a major chronic condition worldwide, and the major health issue in the USA especially in the aging population. About 300,000 people aged 65 and older are hospitalized each year due to hip fracture, a situation which often leads to decreased quality of life.
Osteoporosis Int. 2018 Mar 25
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In middle-aged people with mild radiographic osteoarthritis (OA), structural features changes do occur a little over a year, irrespective of weight patients loss status.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a principal cause of disability and a more massive public health problem in the United States.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
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Home-based, telephone-delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Supportive Care (SC) treatments did not significantly differ in their benefits for back pain severity and disability, and may warrant further research for applications to hospital settings.
Over the past decade, there is a drastically hype in the prevalence of chronic back pain (CBP) in the US population, advising a need for more treatment resources.
The Clinical Journal of Pain 2018;34(4): 322–327
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Intra-articular administration of dexmedetomidine (DEX) improved pain outcomes in the early postoperative period after knee arthroscopy
Arthroscopic knee surgery is a surgical procedure that can diagnose and treat problems in the knee joint. Patients with knee pain are managed on a day-case basis; therefore, appropriate postoperative pain relief is critical to facilitate patient discharge and early recovery.
Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 6;8(1):4089.
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The problem of a migraine is considered among the ten most disabling disorders that may arise in any age group. Various medications are available for the prevention and treatment of a migraine in pediatric patients. This study enlightens the efficacy of an approved anticonvulsant drug topiramate among adolescents generating mixed results.
Based on the success of treatment, various medications are prescribed to prevent pediatric migraines. Topiramate, the drug approved for migraine prevention in children as young as 12 years of age.
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Sinusitis affects about 1 in 8 adults in the United States, resulting in over 30 million annual diagnoses.
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
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Chronic pain can be a serious consequence of surviving cancer. The prevalence of pain in cancer survivors has been reported to be as high as 40%.
American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Neuropathic pain is defined as the pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion, dysfunction, or transitory perturbation of peripheral or central nervous system.
Western Australian Therapeutic Advisory Group
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Transitional care, as defined by the Society for Adolescent Medicine refers to the purposeful, planned movement of adolescents and young adults with chronic physical and medical conditions from chi
Ann Rheum Dis 2016;0:1–8
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As per the World Health Organization (WHO), osteoporosis refers to a progressive systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of the bone tissues, w
Arch Osteoporos. 2017; 12(1): 43.
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September 18, 2018
As per the recent analysis, patients with post-dural puncture headache get a quick relief when treated with topical sphenopalatine ganglion block.
Clinical Research
Key Take-Away:
Thiazide diuretic may decrease the risk of fracture, indicating the protective effect of this class in clinical practice.
Osteoporosis is a major chronic condition worldwide, and the major health issue in the USA especially in the aging population. About 300,000 people aged 65 and older are hospitalized each year due to hip fracture, a situation which often leads to decreased quality of life.
Osteoporosis Int. 2018 Mar 25
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Smart Guidelines
Sinusitis affects about 1 in 8 adults in the United States, resulting in over 30 million annual diagnoses. Sinusitis is the fifth most common diagnosis in the world; more than 1 in 5 antibiotics prescribed in adults are for sinusitis.
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
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