Treatment for neck pain includes manual therapy combined with exercise. Manual therapy consists of hands-on techniques used to mobilise or manipulate soft tissues, joints, or nerves. The exercise ...
Dialysis may be preferred by some older people with kidney failure over conservative kidney management (a non-dialysis approach to kidney failure, focusing on managing kidney symptoms and prioritising ...
Acupuncture may have similar effects to sham acupuncture in reducing insomnia severity and improving sleep quality. Compared to inactive control, acupuncture appears to be more effective at reducing ...
Neurotrophic keratopathy (NK) is a rare disease of the cornea. It has no or little sensation but can progress to a deeper wound of the cornea and possibly vision loss. We found seven studies that ...
Key messages • Nucleoplasty may greatly reduce neck/arm pain caused by a herniated disk, but may have little to no effect on neck function or quality of life compared to conserv ...
Decongestant or antihistamine medicines are sometimes given to children with acute middle ear infection (acute otitis media). It is unclear whether decongestants or antihistamines are effective ...
• conservative treatment, which includes lifestyle changes (such as weight loss) and exercises such as pelvic floor muscle training to improve bladder control; • medications, which calm the bladder ...
whether human stem cells (i.e. special types of cells that can renew themselves and develop into many different cell types in the body) are beneficial in reducing death in people with decompensated ...
We found little to no difference in the number of women developing pre-eclampsia when they were given calcium during pregnancy, and we are uncertain about poor outcomes for mothers and babies. Most ...
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