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American Family Physician
August 15, 2001
Daisy Arce |
Recognizing Spinal Cord Emergencies Physicians who work in primary care settings and emergency departments frequently evaluate patients with neck and back pain. Spinal cord emergencies are uncommon, but injury must be recognized early so that the diagnosis can be quickly confirmed...   |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000 |
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) What is cervical spondylotic myelopathy? CDM is the most common spinal cord problem in people 55 years and older in the United States. If CSM is not treated, it will usually stay the same or get worse... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000
Jimmy D. Miller |
Acute Brachial Plexus Neuritis: An Uncommon Cause of Shoulder Pain Patients with acute brachial plexus neuritis are often misdiagnosed as having cervical radiculopathy. Acute brachial plexus neuritis is an uncommon disorder characterized by severe shoulder and upper arm pain followed by marked upper arm weakness... |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2002
S. Craig Humphreys |
Neuroimaging in Low Back Pain Patients commonly present to family physicians with low back pain. Because the majority of patients fully or partially recover within six weeks, imaging studies are generally not recommended in the first month of acute low back pain. |
Nursing
September 2010
Donna Nayduch |
Back to basics: Identifying and managing acute spinal cord injury Spinal cord injuries involve damage to the neurons of the spinal cord. They're often devastating because they're associated with life-threatening complications and loss of functional independence. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2002
Deardre Chao |
Spinal Epidural Abscess: A Diagnostic Challenge Epidural abscess of the spinal column is a rare condition that can be fatal if left untreated. The signs and symptoms of epidural abscess are nonspecific and can range from low back pain to sepsis... |
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. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Ramsis Benjamin |
Neurologic Complications of Prostate Cancer Neurologic complications continue to pose problems in patients with metastatic prostate cancer... |
Managed Care
October 2007
Thomas Morrow |
Artificial Disc Now Available, But is it Better Than Other Therapies? The Prestige Cervical Disc system can replace a single disc from C3 to C7 and gives people with cervical disc disease another viable treatment option. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2004
Peter A. Calabresi |
Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Sclerosis The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis should be made by a physician with experience in identifying the disease. Five disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006
John W. Whiteside |
Management of Head and Neck Injuries by the Sideline Physician Injuries to the head and neck are common in sports. Sideline physicians must be attentive and prepared with an organized approach to detect and manage these injuries. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2004
Snyder, Doggett & Turkelson |
Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis This article reviews the evidence for conservative and surgical treatments for the disease that causes leg pain and difficulty walking, usually in elderly patients. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2001
Herbert B. Newton |
Neurologic Complications of Scuba Diving Recreational scuba diving has become a popular sport in the United States, with almost 9 million certified divers. When severe diving injury occurs, the nervous system is frequently involved... |
Managed Care
June 2005
Thomas Morrow |
Spinal Disc Technology Seeks To Replace Body's Engineering Marvel Vertebral fusion and disc replacement are comparable, but shorter recovery time for disc replacement makes it attractive. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2006
Higdon & Higdon |
Treatment of Oncologic Emergencies Family physicians should be familiar with oncologic emergencies because treatment often is necessary before consultation with a subspecialist. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2000
Martin C. Mahoney |
Putting Prevention into Practice Case Study: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
Inc.
March 1, 2010
Adam Bluestein |
What Makes Frank Run In his quest to bring a revolutionary treatment to market, Boston entrepreneur Frank Reynolds aims to get the better of traumatic spinal cord injury. Again. |
Popular Mechanics
February 17, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
Lost's Spinal Surgery Claims Have No Backing in Modern Medicine Poor John Locke. Not much is different for him in Lost's new parallel universe: His boss, Randy, is still a jerk. |
Inc.
October 1, 2009
Adam Bluestein |
The Future of the Human Body Ten innovations that will improve quality of life - and bring down health care costs. |
Information Today
May 14, 2015 |
NPG Announces Spinal Cord Journal Nature Publishing Group introduced a quarterly, online-only journal, Spinal Cord Series and Cases, in collaboration with the International Spinal Cord Society. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Transplant tracking Magnetic nanoparticles could be used to track neural stem cells after a transplant in order to monitor how the cells heal spinal injuries, say UK scientists. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2003
Josie L. Tenore |
Methods for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor Induction of labor is common in obstetric practice. In the absence of a ripe or favorable cervix, a successful vaginal birth is less likely. Therefore, cervical ripening or preparedness for induction should be assessed before a regimen is selected. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2004
Evans, McNeill & Parry |
Quantum Sufficit Man's best friend also may be man's best workout buddy... American seniors and disabled persons had begun to feel that relief was on the way... A robot named Lokomat is helping patients with spinal cord injuries... etc. |
Health
October 10, 2008 |
Cervical Cancer FAQ Signs, symptoms, prevention, and treatments are some of the topics explained here. |
