The assessment of cogwheel rigidity requires checking for smooth flexion and extension of the elbows and wrists. However, many patients stiffen their joints when they are aware that you are checking for stiffness. To obviate this problem, begin by asking whether they have any joint pain, then proceed to flex and extend their joints.
Many patients have difficulty with self-administration of eyedrops. Refrigerating the eyedrops may help them determine whether they have instilled the drops appropriately: they will be able to feel where the cold drops land.
To relieve the pain of plantar fasciitis, have patients roll their foot over a can of frozen concentrated juice.
Because we see many sexually abused children in our practice, we invite the mother to help with superficial labial/vaginal examinations in young girls.
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SAN DIEGO -- Allergic fungal sinusitis deserves a place of its own at the table of nasty chronic rhinosinusitis infections, researchers asserted here.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- For women soldiers being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, symptoms improve when the therapy homes in on the original index event, no matter how long ago it occurred, researchers here found.
BOSTON -- Eating rich ice cream and drinking whole-fat milk, and using heavy cream for coffee, may help reward women shooting for pregnancy, researchers here reported.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Radiation and androgen deprivation appears to bestow survival times for prostate cancer patients that are similar to the life expectancies of men of the same age who did not have cancer, researchers here reported.
COPENHAGEN -- The antioxidant supplements beta carotene and vitamins A and E have a dark side, carrying an increased risk of all-cause mortality, according to a meta-analysis.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Fusion imaging with the capromab pendetide (ProstaScint) imaging agent allows for more precise placement of radioactive seeds for brachytherapy, researchers here reported.
KISSIMMEE, Fla., Feb. 26 -- For early prostate cancer, a five-year follow-up revealed that prostatectomy or brachytherapy had a small but statistically significant survival advantage over external-beam radiation in more than 2,300 patients.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Androgen deprivation for prostate cancer in men older than 65 may contribute to increased cardiac mortality, suggested a retrospective analysis of registry data.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A test that tallies the number of androgen receptors in a single prostate cancer cell may be an effective predictor of disease metastasis, researchers here reported.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Prostate cancer patients taking sildenafil (Viagra) or its ilk reported improved sexual functioning and interest following radiation therapy and radical prostatectomy, researchers here reported.
ATLANTA -- Radiologists should avoid the use of contrast agents that contain gadolinium in patients with advanced renal disease if at all possible, according to the CDC.
KISSIMMEE, Fla.- The investigational drug satraplatin, the first oral platinum-based agent, given with prednisone, significantly slowed the progression of hormone-refractory prostate cancer, albeit briefly, investigators said here today.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Aerobic or resistance exercise improved quality-of-life measures among men undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, researchers here reported.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Men who undergo external-beam radiation treatment for rectal cancer appear to have a long-term reduced risk of prostate cancer.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Dutasteride (Avodart), a drug used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, may also prevent the development of prostate cancer by inducing genetic changes at the cellular level, researchers reported today.