News tagged with chronic condition
Heart failure patients with kidney dysfunction don't recover well after hospital discharge
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford ...
More pain means real gain in complex regional pain syndrome treatment
Nov 12, 2009 |
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The saying "more pain, more gain" may be true for those already in terrible pain due to a chronic and debilitating condition, contrary to received wisdom. For those with Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), working ...
Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can ...
Geneticists hunt for scleroderma triggers
Oct 29, 2009 |
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At its most benign, the autoimmune disease scleroderma can discolor parts of the skin of its sufferers. At its most pernicious, it can thicken and harden their skin, their blood vessels, and their internal organs before, ...
Recognizing signs and symptoms of acute HF
May 31, 2009 |
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Although heart failure is a chronic condition, acute exacerbations are frequent and occur with serious complications; patients with heart failure and their families can help improve prognosis in acute events if they are taught ...
Endoscopic surgery effectively relieves sinusitis symptoms; large pooled study
May 01, 2009 |
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Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis - inflammation of the sinus cavities - according to a research team, led by a Georgetown physician, which conducted the first large-scale ...
Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans
Mar 30, 2009 |
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High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many low-income, vulnerable families, finds a study of Massachusetts families ...
Barriers to diabetes care include restaurants and high-risk lifestyles, says international review
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Eating out, lack of social support and high-risk lifestyles are just some of the barriers that stop patients with type 2 diabetes from controlling their condition, according to a research review that covered 8,900 patients ...
