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AskMen.com May 27, 2001 Joshua Levine |
Are You A Hypochondriac? The facts are that only 16% of patients that see their General Practitioners for common ailments actually have physiological causes for their sicknesses... |
Nurse Practitioner May 2012 Diana L. Wadlund |
Meeting the challenge of IBS IBS is the best studied, most common functional GI disorder, and is often characterized by debilitating symptoms without any pathologic findings. The predominant symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain and an alteration in bowel habits with an absence of organic pathology. |
Managed Care June 2003 Frank Diamond |
How To Manage the Worried Well They have symptoms, but that doesn't mean primary care physicians can pinpoint a physical problem. Yet they do suffer, and are a cost center for insurers and employers. |
Health May 2007 Sharon Boone |
Is That Stomach Pain All in Your Head? Cut stress and that irritable bowel may disappear. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2003 Holten & Wetherington |
Problem-Oriented Diagnosis Diagnosing the patient with abdominal pain and altered bowel habits: is it irritable bowel syndrome? |
American Family Physician September 1, 2002 |
Tension Headaches What is a tension headache?... What causes tension headaches?... What can I do about my tension headaches?... |
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Michael F. Gliatto, M.D. |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients with generalized anxiety disorder experience worry or anxiety and a number of physical and psychologic symptoms... |
American Family Physician November 1, 2002 |
IBS -- What You Need to Know What is irritable bowel syndrome?... How does my doctor know if I have IBS?... What are the treatments for IBS?... Does IBS lead to colon cancer or other diseases?... |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Michael Fronstin |
A Fresh Look at Co-morbidity You may think you understand a disease. But then it arrives in tandem. A new survey takes a fresh look at co-morbidity. |
American Family Physician September 1, 2002 Millea et al. |
Tension-Type Headache Tension-type headache, formerly called tension headache or muscle contraction headache, is a common condition usually self-treated with over-the-counter analgesics. Primary headache is treated symptomatically, with the goal being relief and preventing recurrence. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Haas et al. |
Management of the Difficult Patient All physicians must care for some patients who are perceived as difficult because of behavioral or emotional aspects that affect their care. Specific communication techniques and greater patient involvement in the process of care may enhance the relationship. |
Nursing April 2008 Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Nurse Practitioner April 2012 Firestone et al. |
Optimizing fibromyalgia management This article summarizes current information regarding the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic standards, and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments necessary to successfully manage FM. |
American Journal of Nursing January 2010 |
Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2002 Viera et al. |
Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract and is frequently treated by family physicians. |
Managed Care February 2002 Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace |
Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment... |
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Millea & Holloway |
Treating Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is an extremely common chronic condition that can be challenging to manage... |
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome A patient hand-out on the intestinal disorder, its symptoms and how to treat it. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2005 |
Tension Headaches: What You Should Know A patient guide to the condition, its diagnosis and treatment options. |
Salon.com April 4, 2002 Damien Cave |
No relief The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine... |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 Son & Kirchner |
Depression in Children and Adolescents Depression among children and adolescents is common but frequently unrecognized. It affects 2 percent of prepubertal children and 5 to 8 percent of adolescents... |
Nursing Management March 2012 Yvonne D'Arcy |
Pain and obesity It can be a challenge to provide effective pain management for obese patients; however, a multimodal pain management regimen that combines medications and complementary techniques can help increase pain relief. |
Health June 2007 Melanie Haiken |
The Best New Pain Cures?... For Women New research shows that pain can often be prevented if women use the right treatment. Here's what you should know. |
American Family Physician September 1, 2001 Douglas D. Ross & Carla S. Alexander |
Fatigue, Anorexia, Cachexia, Nausea and Vomiting Physical symptoms other than pain often contribute to suffering near the end of life. Management involves a diagnostic evaluation for the cause of each symptom when possible, treatment of the identified cause when reasonable, and concomitant treatment of the symptom... |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 |
Stress: Helping Your Family Cope with Life's Challenges Hazards and causes of stress, symptoms, and what you can do about it. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2001 C. Randall Clinch |
Evaluation of Acute Headaches in Adults Classifying headaches as primary (migraine, tension-type or cluster) or secondary can facilitate evaluation and management. A detailed headache history helps to distinguish among the primary headache disorders... |
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Vanya Hamrin et al. |
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Depression The primary care setting is an appropriate venue for screening and identifying pediatric depression. Nurse practitioners can provide initial management or referral to psychiatric mental health professionals for evidence-based treatments. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2006 |
Quantum Sufficit Easier to get information from Internet than from a doctor... Vitamin D makes it easier to breathe... Iodine in milk may be the cause of teenage acne... Using yoga to relieve lower back pain... Higher tolerance of pain in children with sweet tooth... Preventing eating disorders... |
Nurse Practitioner May 2009 Yvonne D'Arcy |
Is Low Back Pain Getting on Your Nerves? The pain and disability of low back pain are the most common reasons patients seek healthcare. Here are tools for diagnosis and treatment options. |
Nurse Practitioner December 2011 |
Managing pain in obese patients Obesity-related pain conditions can limit the patient's efforts at increasing activity and limit quality of life. This article will offer information on these conditions and treatment options. |
AskMen.com Chris Good |
Diseases You Thought You Were Too Young To Get As it turns out, many health conditions don't care about a man's age as much as we thought. |
American Journal of Nursing April 2010 Mary Curry Narayan |
Culture's Effects on Pain Assessment and Management When patients belong to a culture or speak a language that's different from that of their health care provider, the provider faces additional challenges in successfully assessing and managing the patients' pain. |
American Journal of Nursing December 2010 Baldridge & Andrasek |
Pain Assessment in People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Nurses in all settings need to be knowledgeable about alternate pain assessment methods. |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 |
Letters to the Editor Osteopathic Medicine in the Treatment of Low Back Pain... |
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Marc Wortman |
Where Does It Hurt? Researchers are getting to the molecular details of pain's circuitry to answer the question with real specificity. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2002 David J. Alvarez |
Trigger Points: Diagnosis and Management Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. They produce pain locally and in a referred pattern and often accompany chronic musculoskeletal disorders... |
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Hadley & Gaarder |
Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome affects 10% to 15% of the U.S. population to some degree. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Shashi & Subhash Bhatia |
Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies. |
AskMen.com May 6, 2014 Patrick Roth |
Two Birds, Meet One Stone: Why You Should Be Doing Back Exercises Now Not surprisingly, vanity ends up being a more sustainable motivator than pain reduction. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Crazy Diseases Sometimes, the bizarre is beyond what anyone could have imagined. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2001 |
Pain Relief After Surgery How will my pain be managed?...How are pain medicines given after surgery?... What should I do to make sure I receive the best possible pain relief?... |
Nurse Practitioner May 2012 Hammersla & Kapustin |
Peripheral Neuropathy: Evidence-based treatment of a complex disorder Peripheral neuropathy is a common and often progressive condition frequently seen in primary care. The chronic pain associated with PN, or neuropathic pain, can significantly diminish patients' quality of life and be challenging to treat. |
Nurse Practitioner September 2011 Wells & Kalman |
Women & Heart Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Guidelines Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. Nurse practitioners need to educate women about their risk and follow practice guidelines. |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
Psychosomatic Illnesses A look at some of the more common conditions that can result from psychosomatic illnesses. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2003 Wanda P. Fremont |
School Refusal in Children and Adolescents School refusal is a problem that is stressful for children, families, and school personnel. Failing to attend school has significant short- and long-term effects on children's social, emotional, and educational development. |
AskMen.com Harold Russell |
Depression & Fatigue A recent study of adults showed fatigue and lethargy to be the most common and debilitating symptoms of depression. This finding could change the way that physicians treat this illness. |
AskMen.com Jasper Anson |
Anxiety Disorders In the United States alone, there are more than 40 million Americans who are suffering from some form of anxiety disorder. Here are some of the most common disorders and a few specific treatment options. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2002 Miriam Grushka |
Burning Mouth Syndrome Burning mouth syndrome is characterized by a burning sensation in the tongue or other oral sites, usually in the absence of clinical and laboratory findings... |
American Family Physician April 15, 2001 Lori J. Heim |
Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis of Dyspareunia Dyspareunia is genital pain associated with sexual intercourse. Although this condition has historically been defined by psychologic theories, the current treatment approach favors an integrated pain model... |
AskMen.com Chris Good |
Get Rid Of A Headache: 4 Steps Read on to get your head out of the vice and get your mind back to doing and achieving. |