Children's health
06 Apr 2006
Ankle intra-articular steroid effective in juvenile arthritis
Image-guided steroid injection produces durable clinical improvement in inflamed ankles of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and may help prevent irreversible deformity, Dr Kevin Baskin (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA) reported at the 2006 Society of Interventional Radiology annual scientific meeting “The take-home message is to get into the…
Gastro
04 Apr 2006
Appendicectomy
Appendicectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix from the abdomen. It is a treatment for acute appendicitis and tumours of the appendix.
Children's health
03 Apr 2006
Prescribing of hyperactivity drugs is out of control
The figures are mind-boggling. Nearly 4 million Americans, most of them children and young adults, are being prescribed amphetamine-like stimulants to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Up to a million more may be taking the drugs illegally. Now, amid reports of rare but serious side effects, leading researchers…
Bone
02 Apr 2006
Simple analgesics (non-opioid analgesics)
Simple analgesics or non-opioid painkillers, including paracetomol and NSAIDS, provide pain relief and reduce fever in headache and inflammatory conditions.
Diseases
02 Apr 2006
Sciatica
Sciatica is pain caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve. It may occur anywhere between the lower back to the foot, and affects up to…
Joints
01 Apr 2006
Sympathectomy and Sympathetic Nerve Block
Sympathectomy induces pain relief by blocking the sympathetic nervous system in conditions like neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Cancer
31 Mar 2006
Changes to in utero environment may alter onset of cancer
Manipulating the in utero environment may alter the onset of cancers that appear later in the lives of mammals, according to a new University of Toronto study published in the journal Carcinogenesis. “We know that cancer-causing agents can travel across the placenta and harm the developing embryo or fetus,”…
Anatomy
31 Mar 2006
Menstruation (period or menstrual cycle)
Menstruation, menses or menstrual periods involve hormonal and ovarian changes that cause PMS symptoms, ovulation, period pain and other period symptoms.
Children's Health
31 Mar 2006
Pain & Physical Activity
Pain is a feeling that arises from injured or damaged body tissues. Special nerve endings convert the injury into pain sensations. These sensations are then…
