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Visceral adiposity in patients with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis alone and its relationship with metabolic and cardiovascular risk.

Nov 26, 2020

Fat mass distribution, especially in the abdominal visceral region, has been rarely evaluated in patients with PsA or psoriasis (PsO).Patients with PsA and patients with PsO alone were evaluated and c...

Contingency management for tobacco smoking during opioid addiction treatment: Implementation challenges.

Nov 26, 2020

Tobacco smoking prevalence in opioid addiction patients is approximately six times that of the general population, highlighting the need for novel interventions. A pilot/feasibility study was conducte...

Neuraxial Anesthesia is Associated with Decreased Pain Scores and PACU Opioid Requirements Compared with General Anesthesia in Hip Arthroscopy.

Nov 23, 2020

We sought to identify the immediate post-operative differences in opioid use, pain scores, and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay (LOS) after hip arthroscopy related to the type of anesth...

Comparison Between Menstrual Migraine and Menstrual-Unrelated Migraine in Women Attending Gynecology Clinics.

Nov 23, 2020

Background Migraine is amongst the top 10 most disabling conditions, and the disease burden is highest in young and middle-aged women. Another variant of the migraine headache, menstrual migraine (MM)...

Interrelations between migraine-like headache and persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury: a prospective diary study.

Nov 23, 2020

Persistent post-traumatic headache (PTH) is a common sequela of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and retrospective assessments have found a migraine-like phenotype to be very frequent. This has raise...

Prevalence and correlates of diagnosed and undiagnosed epilepsy and migraine headache among people with severe psychiatric disorders in Ethiopia.

Nov 23, 2020

There is a paucity of research on the prevalence of diagnosed as well as undiagnosed neurological disorders with episodic manifestations such as epilepsy and migraine headaches in people with severe p...

Comorbidity of Chronic Tinnitus and Psychological Stress - Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

Nov 23, 2020

Subjective tinnitus is a frequent, debilitating hearing disorder causing severe emotional stress and psychological suffering. Likewise, many reports show that the onset of tinnitus occurs at the time ...

Is Perfectionism Always Dysfunctional? Looking into Its Interaction with Activity Patterns in Women with Fibromyalgia.

Nov 23, 2020

The intrinsically adaptive or maladaptive nature of certain activity patterns in fibromyalgia (FM) has been put into question. The role of contextual factors related to their influence on functional l...

Personality and psychopathology heterogeneity in MMPI-2 and health-related features in fibromyalgia patients.

Nov 23, 2020

Personality and psychopathology features may play an important role as predisposing factors for fibromyalgia (FM). However, psychological heterogeneity of FM patients has been suggested. Based on two ...

COVID-19 in rheumatoid arthritis cases: an Iranian referral center experience.

Nov 23, 2020

Coronavirus infections, known as COVID-19, can induce a fatal respiratory system infection and also affect other organs, such as the kidney and heart. The mortality rate has been estimated between 1 a...

II. Indices of Pain Intensity Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments and Their Relationships With Patient Functioning: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.

Nov 23, 2020

Pain intensity is a complex and dynamic experience. A focus on assessing patients' average pain levels may miss important aspects of pain that impact functioning in daily life. In this second of 3 art...

Effects of valproate, lamotrigine, and levetiracetam monotherapy on bone health in newly diagnosed adult patients with epilepsy.

Nov 23, 2020

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of valproate (VPA), lamotrigine (LTG), and levetiracetam (LEV) on bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) in newly diagnosed adult patients with ...

The role of the M1/M2 microglia in the process from cancer pain to morphine tolerance.

Nov 23, 2020

Cancer pain, especially bone cancer pain, is a pain state often caused by inflammation or dysfunctional nerves. Moreover, in the management of cancer pain, opioid especially morphine is widely used, h...

PROMIS Global-10 Performs Poorly Relative to Legacy Shoulder Instruments in Patients undergoing Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Glenohumeral Arthritis.

Nov 23, 2020

The PROMIS Global-10 is a 10-item questionnaire that assesses general health related quality of life. There is a paucity of research on the utility of the PROMIS Global-10 in the evaluation of orthope...

Comorbidity between depressive symptoms and chronic conditions - findings from the Indonesia Family Life Survey.

Nov 23, 2020

To estimate the prevalence of symptoms of depression in the population, and to identify patient groups with a history of chronic conditions with the highest risks of comorbid depression.Data were draw...

Rules and Eligibility Criteria for Supervised Consumption Services Feasibility Studies - A Scoping Review.

Nov 23, 2020

Supervised consumption services (SCS) reduce HIV risks and overdose for people who use drugs (PWUD) and are known to have wide-ranging public health benefits. Feasibility studies are often conducted a...

Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Burns: Assessing Prevalence & Predictors

Nov 19, 2020

Research shows that patients with burns can develop chronic pain that is sometimes unrelated to the initial burn itself. Chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) can develop after partial or complete peripheral...

Assessing the concurrent validity, inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability of the Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile (ATOP) in alcohol and opioid treatment populations.

Nov 19, 2020

The Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile (ATOP) is a brief instrument measuring recent substance use, risk profile, and general health and wellbeing among clients attending Alcohol and other Drug (Ao...

Combined onabotulinumtoxinA/atogepant treatment blocks activation/sensitization of high-threshold and wide-dynamic range neurons.

Nov 19, 2020

OnabotulinumtoxinA and agents that block calcitonin gene‒receptor peptide action have both been found to have anti-migraine effects, but they inhibit different populations of meningeal nociceptors. ...

Muscle endurance training of the neck triggers migraine attacks.

Nov 19, 2020

Most migraine patients report neck pain as part of their migraine symptomatology, but it is unknown whether triggering neck pain would induce migraine attacks. Our aim was to assess the occurrence of ...

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