Articles tagged with: lower
PCPs are front line defense in diagnosing serious illness in patients with acute lower back pain
A study by researchers at the George Institute for International Health in Australia found that it is rare that patients who come to the PCP with acute low back pain without previous diagnosis of serious diseases. The most common cause serious illness vertebral fracture was documented, with half of the cases identified at the time […]
Research finds Children who are spanked have lower IQs
Children who are spanked around the world have a lower IQ, even in the United States, according to new and innovative research at the University of New Hampshire, Professor Murray Straus. The research results will be presented Friday, September 25th, 2009, at the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, California “All […]
Study of adjuvant endocrine treatment for breast cancer reveals cost of noncompliance
The largest study in the world of treatments after menopause, hormone-positive breast cancer has shown that patients who are taking tamoxifen or exemestane do much better than patients who start taking either drug (tamoxifen or exemestane after), but then stops. Professor Cornelis van de Velde, senior fellow at the central data office for Team (exemestane […]
