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Does the weather influence pain due to arthritis?
This is a question that many patients with osteoarthritis bring up especially now that it is starting to get cold in the Dallas area. Finally we have a very good answer to this age-old question. There is a new study … Continue reading
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Smoking increases cartilage loss and knee pain
According to a study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2007;66:18-22, PMID: 17158140) smoking increases cartilage loss and knee pain in men. 159 men with symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline and at 15 and … Continue reading
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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
This is a very important topic that has generated significant research activities. The first publications about postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) appeared over 50 years ago. Most were about patients who underwent heart surgery. POCD after open heart surgery was mainly … Continue reading
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Medical Records
Quite often I see patients who try to get a copy of their medical record from other physicians. Some offices are very accommodating while others drag their feet and charge a lot for making the copies. Patients ask me what … Continue reading
Good news for patients with spinal cord stimulators
One of the major concerns regarding spinal cord stimulator systems was the fact that all manufacturers of these devices (Medtronic, Advanced Bionics and ANS) explicitly stated that MRI studies must not be performed with these implanted devices. There was also … Continue reading
My Clinical Background
Here is the short version of my background for those who want to know: Medical School: University of Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany, graduated 1989. Exchange medical student at the University of Maryland (1988) and State University of New York at … Continue reading
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Some Ground Rules
I do not want to have the usual 10-page micro-print legalese disclaimer on my blog. All I ask is to use common sense e.g. if you have a knife stuck in your back, overdosed on arsenic or have a heart … Continue reading
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1st post
Hello: This is my pain blog. As most of the current pain related blogs seem to be just links to commercial sites, I wanted to create a real pain blog where I can save pain-related information and at the same … Continue reading
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