Ear Ache in the Very Young and the Elderly – MM1402
Ear ache may be of vastly different etiologies in the different age groups, ie, the very young and the elderly.
Modern Medicine â February 2014
Optimising Function in COPD: Physical Activity and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Optimising Function in COPD: Physical Activity and Pulmonary Rehabilitation – MM1402
National and international guidelines strongly endorse the benefits of physical activity and exercise training via pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.
Modern Medicine â February 2014
Impaired Healthcare Practitioners
Impaired Healthcare Practitioners – MM1402
The definitions and perceptions of what constitutes impairment are much easier in the abstract or related to some anonymous individual. It gets quite messy when it is close to home.
Modern Medicine â February 2014
Happy New Year!
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We’ve completed our latest, January, digital edition.
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Smokers with Mental Illness Breaking Down the Myths
Smokers with Mental Illness Breaking Down the Myths – MM1401
Smokers with mental illness are motivated to stop smoking and can quit successfully, usually without any exacerbation of their mental illness. GPs should be proactive in helping these patients to quit.
Modern Medicine â January 2014
Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer: Where Do We Stand?
Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer: Where Do We Stand? – MM1401
Lung cancer continues to be the major cancer killer in both sexes world-wide. Approximately 1.6 million new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year. The overall cure rate from lung cancer is modest (approximately 17%) because majority of patients present with advanced stage at diagnosis. This is irrespective of refinements in histological aspects, better diagnostic and staging tools, including the massive influence of positron emission tomography (PET)
scanning, as well as a sharp shift towards molecular oncology already finding its way into clinical practice. Although there are many treatment modalities employed in lung cancer, radiation therapy (RT) is used in the majority of these, both for cure and palliation.
Modern Medicine â January 2014
COPD Exacerbations: Improving Outcomes
COPD Exacerbations: Improving Outcomes – MM1401
Early diagnosis and treatment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may improve outcomes and avoid the need for hospital admission.
Modern Medicine â January 2014
STW5 (Iberogast) Herbal Therapy and Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms
STW5 (Iberogast) Herbal Therapy and Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms – MM1401
Limited data suggest the herbal mixture STW5 (Iberogast) has
some efficacy in patients with functional dyspepsia or irritable
bowel syndrome. It may be worth considering if usual treatment is
unsuccessful.
Modern Medicine â January 2014
The Physiology of Chronic Pain The Role of the Inhibitory Interneuron
The Physiology of Chronic Pain The Role of the Inhibitory Interneuron – MM1401
As described in the original article in May 2013, central sensitisation of the dorsal horn cells with facilitated pain processing and transmission can occur after nerve injury, deafferentation of the spinal cord (amputation or nerve section) or due to afferent barrage.
As a result, anatomical and neuro-chemical changes can occur within the central nervous system (CNS) that can persist long after the injury has healed.
This âCNS plasticityâ may play an important role in the evolution of chronic, neuropathic pain. The sensitisation of neurons that occurs within the dorsal horn results in spontaneous activity of the dorsal horn neurons, a decreased threshold and an increased responsivity to afferent input, and cell death in the spinal dorsal horn. The cells that die are the inhibitory interneurons.
Modern Medicine â January 2014
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