Review symptoms of fibromyalgia and those of clinically overlapping conditions, and analyze the current pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies used in treatment.
Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses the increase in knee replacement surgeries and how weight reduction might prevent some of them. Medscape Internal Medicine
In a randomized controlled trial, a multifactorial fall-prevention program did not reduce falls in high-risk, cognitively intact older persons. Medscape Medical News
New research suggests that depression may actually worsen symptoms and increase hospitalizations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medscape Medical News