Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture and its physiology. Summary: Acupuncture needling with electrical stimulation produces release of…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture and its role in western medicine treating headache, musculoskeletal disorders including osteoarthritis.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Of all the tests commonly used to diagnose syncopal episodes in older patients, postural blood pressure testing is the one most likely to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When considering risk factors for venous thromboembolism, recent lengthy travel does not appear to be a significant candidate, according to results of a…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture, which is currently practiced by between 4000 and 5000 physicians in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a 30-year study indicate that intensive glucose control can substantially reduce the rates of retinopathy, nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated triglyceride levels are an independent predictor of myelinated fiber density (MFD) loss in patients with mild to moderate diabetic neuropathy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Subthalamic nucleus stimulation (STN) is more effective in relieving t motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease than unilateral pallidotomy during long-term follow-up, physicians in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temperature lowering, either by pharmacologic or physical means, does not improve stroke outcomes, according to a review of trial data. Prior research has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with cerebral ischemia, treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) is known to confer substantial benefit when given within 3 hours of…