Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Daily Headache
Posted by: admin on: April 28, 2011
Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a descriptive term that encompasses several different headache diagnoses.
Epidemiology:
- Chronic daily headache affects 4% of the adult population in the United States and around the world.
- The vast majority of CDH patients suffer from either chronic migraine or chronic tension-type headache.
- Chronic daily headache results in significant pain and suffering, reduction in quality of life, and enormous economic costs to society.
Threshold for ‘High Risk’ Reduced in New AHA Guidance on CVD Prevention for Women
Posted by: admin on: April 28, 2011
The first overhaul in four years of the American Heart Association guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in women has lowered the threshold for who is considered “high risk,”
“There have been a couple of major changes,” she notes. “As well as the lowering of this threshold, we also focus on what can be accomplished in the ‘real world’ as opposed to what is achievable in clinical trials, and we highlight the fact that women who have had pregnancy complications are at increased risk of CVD.”
Fibromyalgia
Posted by: admin on: April 27, 2011
Medscape recently published a debate posing the below mentioned questions to Dr. Charles Argoff, a neurologist specializing in pain and Dr. Jonathan Kay, a rheumatologist.
– What is fibromyalgia, aside from being a major frustration to patients and clinicians?
– And what causes it?
Dr Argoff said that fibromyalgia is itself a distinct condition associated with widespread reduction in a patient’s pain threshold and thus a heightened sensitivity to pain.
Calories on menus don’t affect kids’ food choices
Posted by: admin on: April 27, 2011
U.S. researchers said they found that children and adolescents noticed the calories posted on the menu but the calorie counts made little difference in what they chose to order. The researchers said taste was the most important factor the children and teens gave for their menu selections.
The study, published online in the International Journal of Obesity, challenges the notion that calorie labeling affects purchasing behavior of teens or parents buying food for their children.
Universal exercise guidelines for people of all ages and fitness levels
Posted by: admin on: April 27, 2011
24 Hour Fitness introduced universal exercise guidelines for people of all ages and fitness levels. An innovation in the health club industry were developed by 24 Hour Fitness in consultation with former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A., a national health expert.
The recommendations synthesize information with a goal to break down the barriers that prevent people from reaching their fitness goals.
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