A new diagnosis can leave you overwhelmed, but these tips can help strengthen your support system. Video on 6 Subtle Anxiety Triggers These habits are known to cause anxiety. Learn why certain behaviors trigger symptoms like fear and worry. ...
Many HIV-infected people experience somatic symptoms, including insomnia, pain, fatigue, poor appetite, weight changes, and sexual dysfunction. Although somatic symptoms are rarely life threatening, they occur frequently, are often overlooked, are difficult to treat, and adversely affect quality of ...
The resultant questionnaire, termed K6, has six questions to ask respondents how frequently they experienced symptoms of depression and anxiety (e.g., feeling so sad that nothing can cheer you up) during the past 30 days. Responses are recorded using a five-category scale (0=all of the ...
ThePatient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9) is a widely used nine-item self-report rating scale. The statements are derived from nine criteria symptoms of depression, allowing for the scale to be used to provide initial diagnosis considerations and measure the severity of depression. The questionnaire as...
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells in the bone marrow. And it most commonly impacts older adults, with higher prevalence among men and African Americans. What are the symptoms and signs that are often subtle or overlooked, leading to delays in diagnosis? .....
Symptoms such as headache, feeling nervous or trouble sleeping are very prevalent but exhibit large variation between countries. For example, estimates for “headache more than once a week” among adolescents range between 7 and 34% within Europe alone1. One might describe these as non-specific ...
AI-driven tool speeds up cancer diagnosis with precise cell imaging A research team led by Professor Kevin Tsia, program director of the Biomedical Engineering Program under the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed an AI-driven imaging tool that enables .....
“Post COVID-19 condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis”3. The global prevalence of this ...
44,45 Second, looking to the future, because many patients will go on to experience diverse disorders, therapy cannot just mitigate the presenting symptoms, but must also build skills for maintaining enduring mental health. The life-course approach makes transdiagnostic interventions high priority. ...
. Currently, treatment for knee andhip osteoarthritis(KHOA) focuses on controlling symptoms and improving function. Guidelines advocate pro-active, non-surgical treatment for KHOA, which can be provided inprimary care. Patients who do not respond sufficiently to non-surgical treatment are referred to...