nervous system

Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Chronic Widespread Pain and Its Comorbidities.

Conventional and complementary approaches to chronic widespread pain and its comorbidities.

Acupunct Med. 2013 Jul 5;
Foell J

The concept of comorbidities as a challenge for healthcare systems has recently been given increasing attention in leading medical journals. Many… Continue reading

“Healthy” Discussions About Risk: The Corn Refiners Association’s Strategic Negotiation of Authority in the Debate Over High Fructose Corn Syrup.

“Healthy” discussions about risk: The Corn Refiners Association’s strategic negotiation of authority in the debate over high fructose corn syrup.

Public Underst Sci. 2013 Feb; 22(2): 219-35
Heiss SN

Many foods and eating practices have been framed as risky… Continue reading

Management of Actinic Keratosis.

Management of actinic keratosis.

Drug Ther Bull. 2013 Jul 4;

Actinic keratoses are common, often multiple, epidermal lesions found mainly on the sun-exposed skin of fair-skinned middle-aged and older people.(1) Over time, lesions may remain unchanged or may proliferate,… Continue reading

Development of a Positive Psychology Intervention for Patients With Acute Cardiovascular Disease.

Development of a positive psychology intervention for patients with acute cardiovascular disease.

Heart Int. 2011 Sep 29; 6(2): e14
Huffman JC, Mastromauro CA, Boehm JK, Seabrook R, Fricchione GL, Denninger JW, Lyubomirsky S

The management of depression and other… Continue reading

Images in Electroconvulsive Therapy: Pilot Impressions Suggesting That ECT Reduces Excitatory Synapses in the Basolateral Amygdala.

Images in electroconvulsive therapy: Pilot impressions suggesting that ECT reduces excitatory synapses in the basolateral amygdala.

Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Apr; 55(2): 204-5
Khaleel N, Ravindranath R, Sagar BK, Andrade C

In animal models, stress and depression are associated… Continue reading

Quality of Life in Lung Transplantation.

Quality of Life in Lung Transplantation.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun; 34(3): 421-430
Singer JP, Singer LG

Improving health-related quality of life is an important goal of lung transplantation. This review describes background concepts, including definitions, measurement… Continue reading

Angiogenesis Inhibitor Bevacizumab Increases the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease Associated With Chemotherapy: A Meta-Analysis.

Angiogenesis Inhibitor Bevacizumab Increases the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease Associated with Chemotherapy: A Meta-Analysis.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(6): e66721
Chen XL, Lei YH, Liu CF, Yang QF, Zuo PY, Liu CY, Chen CZ, Liu YW

Concerns have arisen… Continue reading

Beyond “somatization” and “psychologization”: Symptom-Level Variation in Depressed Han Chinese and Euro-Canadian Outpatients.

Beyond “somatization” and “psychologization”: symptom-level variation in depressed Han Chinese and Euro-Canadian outpatients.

Front Psychol. 2013; 4: 377
Dere J, Sun J, Zhao Y, Persson TJ, Zhu X, Yao S, Bagby RM, Ryder AG

The finding that people of… Continue reading

Ultrasound-Guided Perineural Steroid Injection to Treat Intractable Pain Due to Sciatic Nerve Injury.

Ultrasound-guided perineural steroid injection to treat intractable pain due to sciatic nerve injury.

Can J Anaesth. 2013 Jun 27;
Wang JC, Chiou HJ, Lu JH, Hsu YC, Chan RC, Yang TF

Sciatic neuropathy is a rare but serious complication… Continue reading

Evaluation of Clinical Pharmacist Recommendations in the Geriatric Ward of a Belgian University Hospital.

Evaluation of clinical pharmacist recommendations in the geriatric ward of a Belgian university hospital.

Clin Interv Aging. 2013; 8: 703-709
Somers A, Robays H, De Paepe P, Van Maele G, Perehudoff K, Petrovic M

To evaluate the type, acceptance… Continue reading