News tagged with medical symptoms


How much vitamin D do I need?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Vitamin D -- the so-called sunshine vitamin -- is the wonder nutrient of the moment. While the vitamin is best known for helping build strong bones and absorb calcium, a vitamin D deficiency can raise the risk of everything ...





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Diagnoses of fatigue in primary care patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients who visit their family doctors for fatigue have a wide range of diagnoses yet the prevalence of serious illness was low, according to a Dutch study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).


Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...


Most Stroke Victims Arrive at Hospital Too Late for Drug Therapy

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most stroke patients arrive at the hospital too late to take advantage of a clot-busting drug that significantly reduces stroke symptoms and lessens the chance of permanent disability, according to researchers ...


Dying from dementia: NEJM editorial advocates for palliative care

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A growing number of older adults are dying from dementia. In an editorial in the October 15, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Greg Sachs, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genera ...


Insomnia symptoms linked with medical complaints in young school-aged children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine indicates that significant associations exist between parent-reported insomnia symptoms and medical complaints of gastrointestinal regurgitation and he ...


Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of children, states a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...


Insomnia prevalent among cancer patients who receive chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients' ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the ...


Study: depression can lead to inflated reports of physical symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting.


Cancer patients and doctors report drug side effects differently

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting, although important, ...


Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report.



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