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Posted by Rachael Lowe on September 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The next generation of SAGE Journals Online, SAGE's award-winning journal platform, is now live! To celebrate, free online access to must-have content back to 1999 is available until October 15, 2010. Experience the enhanced user-friendly features and functionality, including:
- Redesigned main portal page
- Expanded discipline search and browse across 50+ disciplines
- Abstract previews on tables of contents and search results
- Popular article lists for most-viewed and most-cited articles
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
There are many types of treatment used to manage the frozen shoulder, but there is no consensus on how best to manage patients with this painful and debilitating condition. This review of the evidence of the effectiveness looked at interventions used to manage primary frozen shoulder using the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Moving MRI images of the heart and other organs are nothing new. However, up until now these were always reconstructed afterwards by combining signals and images from the same cardiac phase acquired during breath-holding into the resulting images. Researchers at the Max Planck in Göttingen have now proven it is possible to acquire images in real-time with up to fifty frames per second. Previously it…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
'Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Improving Diagnosis and Patient Outcomes' is an official and free CE/CPD activity from the American Journal of Medicine.
This case-based, interactive program is designed to provide clinicians with new insights and strategies about appropriate, effective diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Video-based doctor-patient case simulations will be presented and discussed, and participants will have multiple “interactive” opportunities to reinforce their own best…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is running a trial with two different drug vending machines in two of its West Sussex stores. Basically you can drop your prescription at the machine, the pharmacy will collect the prescriptions and deliver the medications which you can later pick up. As the machines are placed in stores with an in-store pharmacy service, the only benefit seems to be…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It happens every day, the crutches thrown in the closet after the broken leg (caused by that gnarly jump on your BMX) healed when you were 12 are needed again in your 30s (caused by that embarrassing wipeout in the packaged meat section of the grocery). However, those so-called "adjustable" crutches don't get tall enough and the rubber cushions have severely degraded. As always, Yanko Designs points…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Feeling like the world of spinal devices is moving too fast to keep up? The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JB&JS) feels your pain and has published a free, easily readable primer on recent developments in spine surgery. They cover what devices are currently approved in the US and what evidence exists for use. Topics include:
What's New in the Treatment of the Cervical Spine
What's New in
Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
There has been an increasing recognition of adverse short-, mid-, or long-term effects associated with the treatment as well as the disease itself that impair the health-related quality of life and functional capacity of children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases. Interestingly, cumulative evidence has suggested that exercise training may benefit patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis and juvenile fibromyalgia, attenuating several clinical symptoms related to…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Health Professions Council (UK) are consulting on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency. The standards of proficiency are the standards that we consider necessary for the safe and effective practice of professions they regulate. The changes are being proposed to ensure that the generic standards are applicable to all the professions they regulate. There are consultations on a number of changes to…
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Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Several lines of evidence have emphasized an improvement in aerobic capacity and muscle strength after physical exercise programs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of aerobic exercises in RA on quality of life, function, and clinical and radiologic outcomes by a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis. A systematic literature search was performed in the Medline, EMBase, and Cochrane databases up to July…
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