Pain in Women: Chronic Pain Management

UCSD School of Medicine and the Diana Padelford Binkley Foundation bring you this groundbreaking series to improve awareness of the prevalence and severity of pain in women. In this program, Mark Wallace, MD, UCSD Center for Pain & Palliative Care, gives an overview of management of acute and chronic pain in women. Series: Pain Management [...]

SIRA: Chronic Lung Disease

Andrew L Ries, MD Professor UCSD School of Medicine presents “What You Should Know About Chronic Lung Disease” in this Public Lecture Series by Stein Institute for Research on Aging. Series: “SIRA (Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging)” [2/2005] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 8350]

Chronic Disease Management – Caring for Depression

More than 90 million Americans live with chronic diseases, costing trillions of dollars in direct and indirect costs per year. Patrick R. Finley of UCSF School of Pharmacy explores treatments for patients with depression. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [6/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14529]

Children with chronic respiratory illness are vulnerable to critical H1N1

Children with chronic respiratory illness are vulnerable to critical H1N1
As critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat children with severe cases, according to a new study that will be published in the March issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM).
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Tool to measure severity of chronic graft-vs.-host disease symptoms

Tool to measure severity of chronic graft-vs.-host disease symptoms
Researchers have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-vs.-host disease (cGVHD).
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