Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain)
Coccydynia is pain in or around the area of the coccyx, also called the tailbone. Most often, the cause of coccydynia is unknown ("idiopathic"). Other causes include trauma (for example, from falls and childbirth); abnormal, excessive mobility [... more]
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sudden death - Cleveland Clinic's Heart and Vascular Institute specializes in heart care for patients facing all manner of valvular and vascular heart issues as well as other heart disorders. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a sudden, unexpected ... [... more]
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Coping with Bone Marrow Transplantation
Although bone marrow transplantation (BMT) offers hope for many patients, going through the BMT process is a difficult experience for patients and their families. Treatment is physically and emotionally challenging. Facing the reality of a ... [... more]
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Laparoscopic Rectopexy
Laparoscopic rectopexy is an operation in which sutures (stitches) are used to secure the rectum in its proper position using key-hole surgery. The surgery is performed to correct rectal prolapse--a condition in which the rectum loses its ... [... more]
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Repetitive Stress Injury
Hands are a complex array of nerves, muscles, tendons and bones-we have more than 25 bones in each hand! Hands are engineering marvels that enable us to move our fingers in ways machines cannot match. Yet those very components that enable us to ... [... more]
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What Can Physical Therapy Do For Your Back and Neck Pain
Physical therapy is the science of blending physiology with exercises and applying these principles to the body when an injury is sustained. Physical therapy for back and neck conditions focuses on the structures that support the spine and its ... [... more]
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Ultrasound Tests
Cleveland Clinic Heart Center offers a full range of ultrasound diagnostic testing Ultrasound tests are noninvasive tests which use ultrasound, or high frequency sound wave, to create graphic images of the heart's structures, pumping action, and ... [... more]
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Needle Aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's Disease
Learn how a procedure of needle aponeurotomy (NA) for the treatment of contracted Dupuytren's cords in the hand offers benefits over traditional hand surgery. Until recently, U.S. orthopaedic surgeons were unfamiliar with the procedure of needle ... [... more]
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What You Need to Know About Scleroderma
Scleroderma is a chronic, although rare, autoimmune disease in which normal tissue is replaced with dense, thick fibrous tissue. Normally, the immune system helps defend the body against disease and infection. In patients with scleroderma, the ... [... more]
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Radiographic Tests
Radiographic tests are noninvasive tests which use x-ray machines or specialized equipment with computer technology to create pictures of the internal structures of the chest Cleveland Clinic Heart Center offers a full range of diagnostic ... [... more]
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Should Everyone Over Age 75 Take a Multivitamin?
Cindy Moore, MS, RD, LD, FADA, Director, Nutrition Therapy, Cleveland Clinic Although physiological and functional changes that occur with aging can alter nutrient needs, not everyone over age 75 needs to supplement their diet with vitamins. Many ... [... more]
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), also called fetal growth restriction, is a condition in which the fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy. Newborn babies with IUGR are often described as small for their ... [... more]
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