Key Takeaways Herpes zoster (HZ) can initially present with pain before the appearance of a rash, leading to diagnostic confusion. Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) may be mimicked by other conditions, including HZ. Positive pinch test and Carnett’s sign may indicate abdominal wall neuralgia but do not exclude theContinue Reading
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by Danielle S. Molnar, Dawn Zinga, Hanna Puffer and Melissa Blackburn, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine trying to always appear perfect. You stay on top of the latest beauty trends, excel academically and project confidence in social settings, even when you’re struggling or feeling completely overwhelmed. You workContinue Reading
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Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) Antidepressant SNRIs help relieve depression symptoms, such as irritability and sadness, but some are also used for anxiety disorders and nerve pain. Here’s how they work and what side effects they may cause. By Mayo Clinic Staff Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, also calledContinue Reading
We’ve all heard a bajillion times that meditation is good for us. But if you have ADHD, the whole thing can seem, well, torturously dull. Sit down, be still, and silently focus on my breath for 20 minutes? You must be joking. But it turns out, meditation doesn’t have toContinue Reading
Medbrief Fecal Calprotectin Predicts Disease Extent, Healing in Ulcerative Colitis TOPLINE: Fecal calprotectin (FC) levels were significantly associated with disease activity and extent in ulcerative colitis and also predicted mucosal healing. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a single-center prospective observational study to explore the association between FC levels and mucosal inflammatory activityContinue Reading
Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words — mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like — that don’t convey any information about the topic of the conversation itself. For many decades, linguists regarded such utterances as largely irrelevant noise, the flotsamContinue Reading
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BERLIN — Psychosocial factors, such as anxiety and depression, are associated with an increased risk for both self-reported “clinical” and symptomatic, or “hard,” flare in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), suggested a study of UK patients. The research was presented at the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) 2025 Congress. “DespiteContinue Reading
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