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Migraine and classification of lowered immune system?
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Depression Not Otherwise Specified: DSM Classification of Depression
It's a curious title, but this is the exact phrasing used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; an agreed set of... Read more »
Is Severe Asthma More Than Just a Classification?
The NIH's treatment guidelines for asthma classify asthma by severity, with severe persistent asthma being the most severe type and mild... Read more »
I'm Obese--Now What? Confronting an Obesity Diagnosis
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Multidimensional Pain Inventory Classifications of Persons wit...
Source: eOrthopod
This study examined maladaptive pain-related fear-avoidance and endurance coping in patients with chronic back pain. Endurance coping was defined as... Read more »
Chronic Pain Grade Questionnaire Combines with International C...
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A questionnaire for grading pain, the chronic pain grade questionnaire (CPG), was established several years ago before the publication of the World... Read more »
Obesity
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Nearly two-thirds of the United States population is overweight. There are many ways to determine if a person is overweight, but experts believe that... Read more »
Obesity
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Hubert Chen, MD, Associate Director of Medical Sciences, Amgen Inc. and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine... Read more »
Morbid obesity
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The term morbid obesity refers to patients who are 50 - 100% -- or 100 pounds above -- their ideal body weight. Alternatively, a BMI (body mass... Read more »
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