Dec 14, 2020

This study aimed to compare the demographic characteristics, disease activity, functional status, and quality of life between patients with axial spondyloarthritis and fibromyalgia and patients with a...

Dec 14, 2020

: Fibromyalgia represents the most prevalent of the group of conditions that are known as central sensitivity syndromes. Approximately 2-5% of the adult population in the United States is affected by ...

Dec 14, 2020

Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by genospecies of the sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, continues...

Dec 14, 2020

Thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) remains one of the most difficult-to-treat disorders for spine surgeons. In Japan, approximately 75% of patient...

Dec 14, 2020

The Dutch Regional Euthanasia Review Committees (RTEs) reviewed and reported an increasing number of cases of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) requested by older people with multiple ge...

Dec 14, 2020

Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. However, the processes contributing to disability are not well understood. Therefore, this study 1) empirically derived LBP subgroups and 2) valid...

Dec 14, 2020

Neurosurgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) can provide long-lasting pain relief, however, some patients fail to respond and undergo multiple, repeat procedures. Surgical outcomes can vary ...

Dec 14, 2020

In 2017, Michigan passed new legislation designed to reduce opioid abuse. This study evaluated the impact of these new restrictive laws on preoperative narcotic use, short-term outcomes, and readmissi...

Dec 14, 2020

The objective of this study was to present the results of a consecutive series of 120 cases treated with spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy (sLITT) to manage epidural spinal cord compression (E...

Dec 14, 2020

Xylopic acid (XA), a diterpene kaurene and the major active ingredient of the African spice Xylopia aethiopica (Annonaceae), is reported to possess anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Here, we...

Dec 14, 2020

Iguratimod, a small molecular drug, has been proven to have effective bone protection for treatment of patients with bone loss-related diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the exact b...

Dec 14, 2020

Interleukin (IL)-35 is the newest member of the IL-12 family. It is expressed in many immune cells and has been recognized as a novel inflammatory cytokine that may have bifunctional properties. Recen...

Dec 10, 2020

Opioids are administered during the intraoperative and postoperative periods in pediatric adenotonsillectomy and tonsillectomy. Non-opioid analgesics are often used as an analgesic during pediatric ad...

Dec 10, 2020

Opioid misuse (OM) is a major health problem in the United States, and can lead to addiction and fatal overdose. We sought to employ natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to categoriz...

Dec 10, 2020

To explore the possible concurrent brain functional and structural alterations in patients with migraine without aura (MwoA) patients compared to healthy subjects (HS).Seventy-two MwoA patients and fo...

Dec 10, 2020

Migraine may be associated with neck impairment and migraine chronicity is related to greater disability. However, whether other subclassifications of migraine, such as migraine with aura, are related...

Dec 10, 2020

Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy (RPON) is a very rare disease characterized by recurrent attacks (at least two) of unilateral headache associated with ipsilateral ophthalmoplegia due to p...

Dec 10, 2020

Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic rheumatic disorder characterized by generalized and widespread musculoskeletal pain. It is associated with several secondary symptoms such as psychological and pain-...

Dec 10, 2020

. While multimodal treatment approaches for fibromyalgia (FM), incorporating exercise, have been found most effective, information about factors associated with exercise adoption and maintenance is la...

Dec 10, 2020

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is an essential cofactor in numerous metabolic pathways, and so may support protective and reparative processes against central nervous system diseases suc...