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The only way to improve the diagnosis and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is to better understand the mechanisms underlying its pathophysiology. Central nervous system dysfunctions play a major role in ME/CFS and help explaining patients' symptoms, such as
Cognitive impairments experienced by cancer survivors, from time of diagnosis through the health trajectory, are distressing, persistent, and negatively impact everyday function and quality of life. While reports of cancer- and treatment-related cognitive concerns vary substantially and may be
Objective: The fact that fibromyalgia and migraine are more common in women of reproductive age and their incidence are higher than other populations suggests that these three diseases may have a common genetic basis. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship between ESR-1
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Determine the initial efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in reducing chronic pain in women following treatment for breast cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine if EA produces greater improvement in physical functional mobility as compared to sham electroacupuncture (SEA)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women worldwide, with a lifetime risk of 7-8% in women and incidence rates ranging from 19.3-89.7 per 100,000 women in developing and developed countries. More than 1,383,500 cases of invasive breast cancer are estimated to be diagnosed worldwide,and
Objective: L-DOPS is a synthetic chemical that can be converted to norepinephrine (NE). NE is a key messenger of the sympathetic nervous system. Failure of the sympathetic nervous system results in orthostatic hypotension (OH), a fall in blood pressure when the person stands up. Patients with
This application proposes a placebo-controlled double-blind trial of modafinil, on a platform of contingency management (CM) and individual cognitive-behavioral counseling (CBT once weekly individual session), for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence. Modafinil is a medication warranting
This protocol describes a study to investigate the relationship between susceptibility to hypnosis and regulation of the autonomic nervous system. Several studies have demonstrated that individuals with particular conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), posttraumatic stress disorder