Monthly Archives: April 2010

What Does One Do When Trigeminal Neuralgia Comes Back?

After Various Procedures, Trigeminal Neuralgia can come back. Study discusses how they handled it.

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Fatigue After Breast Cancer? – Some Possible Factors

Recent article found morning fatigue seem more related to biological factors, and evening fatigue more by “behavioural” factors.

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Hurt After Cancer Chemotherapy? – Check Out Chemotherapy Neuropathy Scale

Article in press offers chemotherapy neuropathy scale.

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Post Dural Puncture Headache Relieved by Occipital Nerve Blocks

After having a spinal, persistent headaches can occur from leaking spinal fluid through the hole requiring an injection of partient’s blood to be injected to “dural patch” the hole. Now was case resolved by just injection local into back scalp … Continue reading

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Limitations of Functional Capacity Assessment Like Fall Risk Assessment In Elderly – One Shot Assessments Don’t Account For Good and Bad Days.

Read Recent Article on How Fall Risk Assessments tools in elderly might lack validity because they don’t take into account how elderly will have good and bad days. Similarly, Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s) do not take into account that discs … Continue reading

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