Saturday, November 29, 2008
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are a common co-morbidity in patients with a history of accident-related chronic pain and depression. This study assessed for pain experience, depressive symptoms, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, pain disability, and relevant demographic variables.
It was found that PTSD symptoms have a direct influence on severity of depressive symptoms, [...]
Saturday, November 22, 2008
A chronic painful physical condition can be a major cause of sleep disturbances. This study included 18, 958 participants aged 15 years or older from five European countries (the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain). A painful physical condition was considered chronic when it lasted at least six months. Insomnia symptoms [...]
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Injection therapy is one of many treatments available for patients with subacute (longer than six weeks) and chronic (longer than 12 weeks) low-back pain. Where the injection is given, what drug is used and why the injection is given can all vary. The injection can be given into different parts of the [...]
Sunday, November 09, 2008
There is increasing evidence that increased heart rate may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality both in patients with ischaemic heart disease and in the general population. Elevated heart rate in coronary artery disease is a major determinant of oxygen consumption and appears to evoke most episodes of [...]
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Caffeine dependence is a frequent cause of chronic daily headache. As little as 100 mg caffeine may be enough to cause the headache, i.e. the equivalent of one cup of coffee, one bar of dark chocolate, 2 cups of tea or 2 tablets of an analgesic-coffee combination preparation. The therapy consists of [...]
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