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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Low Back Pain and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: A Trend in Pain Management

Three months of osteopathic manipulative treatment has been shown to be effective for chronic low back pain, with improved results lasting up to 1 year. By Leonard B. Goldstein, DDS, PhD, Victoria A. Troncoso, DO, Deborah Heath, DO, Katrina Wilson, OMS-IV and Roya Vahdatinia, OSM-IV Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Amitriptyline and Topiramate Are No More Effective than Placebo for Pediatric Migraine

Rates of the primary outcome — a 50% or greater relative reduction in the number of headache days — were similar in the amitriptyline, topiramate, and placebo groups (52%, 55%, and 61%). The groups also did not differ significantly in the change in headache-related disability, change in number of headache days, or incidence of serious […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Proactive approaches can help in reducing risk of POCD

Stacie Deiner, M.D., M.S.: ‘One of the things we anesthesiologists might not do as well as we should is give a drug and wait for it to work. There is a benefit in that for the elderly.’ There is a “silver tsunami” of growing evidence that anesthesia could pose a greater risk of cognitive side […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
The Growing Interest in Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections

By Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Peter Pryzbylkowski, MD Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a therapy in which doctors inject patients with a highly concentrated plasma solution in order to promote natural healing of damaged tissue. Although its first use dates back to the 1950s, PRP’s growing popularity in recent years has led to a serious assessment of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 October, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Some Patients Benefit More than Others from Multi-Layered Treatments for Myofascial Pain

By Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Lawrence Kei, MD At the CHANGEpain Clinic (CpC), a community based chronic pain center based in Vancouver, Canada, clinicians have taken a layered approach to myofascial pain care, using a first-line approach of self-management therapies. The treatment approach focuses on helping patients improve their diet, stress levels, and sleep before employing more […]

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