ALLMedicine™ Fatigue Center

May 18th, 2022 - Background. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a painful, persistent feeling of physical and cognitive subjective fatigue related to cancer or cancer remedy. The occurrence of CRF may be related to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenaline (HPA) axis, in...

May 18th, 2022 - The postacute sequelae of COVID-19 infection (PASC), also known as post-COVID condition or "long COVID," refers to symptoms that persist after the initial acute phase of the infection. PASC symptoms may occur in patients who had mild acute disease...

May 18th, 2022 - To analyze the effectiveness of resistance training programs (RTP) on strength, functional capacity, balance, general health perception, and fatigue for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and to determine the most effective dose of RTP in this po...

May 18th, 2022 - Data show that patients with autoimmune hepatitis have significantly reduced quality-of-life and that corticosteroids carry marked side effects. This study explored patients' experiences of autoimmune hepatitis and its treatments; key aspects for ...

May 17th, 2022 - Studies have demonstrated immune dysfunction in adolescents with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS); however, evidence is varied. The current study used network analysis to examine relationships between cytokines among a s...

Dec 22nd, 2021 - In December 2020, the first COVID-19 vaccines received emergency use authorization in the United States.1,2 Billions of doses of vaccine have been administered worldwide.3 However, some individuals have concerns about receiving COVID-19 vaccinatio...

Jul 7th, 2021 - S.J., a 68-year-old Black man, comes to your office to establish care after recently moving to the area. S.J. has a history of allergic rhinitis, osteoarthritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Additionally, he has a 39-pack-year history of s...

Jun 19th, 2021 - The major reasons to treat sarcoidosis are to lower the morbidity and mortality risk or to improve quality of life (QoL). The indication for treatment varies depending on which manifestation is the cause of symptoms: lungs, heart, brain, skin or o...

May 19th, 2021 - This guideline revises the 2008 Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy guideline for physical therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This revised guideline was developed according to the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Eva...

Mar 27th, 2021 - Anaemia is defined by the presence of haemoglobin (Hb) levels < 13 g/dL in men and 12 g/dL in women. Up to 39% of cancer patients present it at the time of diagnosis and up to 40% have iron deficiency. Anaemia causes fatigue, functional deteriorat...

May 13th, 2022 - Purpose: The purpose of this study is to allow for deep and broad phenotyping of persons with clinically-meaningful fatiguing symptoms, regardless of physiologic or pathologic condition. This protocol will enable the National Institute of Nursing ...

May 13th, 2022 - BACKGROUND: KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS) is a newly recognized syndrome caused by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It is characterized by severe inflammatory symptoms including fevers, wasting, cytopenias, hypoalbuminemi...

May 13th, 2022 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To compare the progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed advanced stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma randomized to N-AVD (nivolumab, doxorubicin hydrochloride [doxorubicin], vinblastine sulfate [vinblasti...

May 13th, 2022 - Background: A growing number of mobile health solutions are enabling the tracking, diagnosis, and management of various physiological processes and disease conditions, and many common devices such as smartphones (e.g., iPhone) have integrated robu...

May 13th, 2022 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To compare the overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (RCC) treated with ipilimumab-nivolumab followed by either nivolumab versus cabozantinib-nivolumab. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine prog...

May 16th, 2022 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Regardless of the severity of their initial illness, 89% of people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 had returned to their original work 2 years...

May 13th, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an orally administered version of edaravone (Radicava ORS) for adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).  Edaravone is a pyrazolone free-radical scavenger thought to lessen the effects ...

May 12th, 2022 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common interstitial lung disease. Although the cause of IPF is unknown, factors thought to increase an individual's risk of developing IPF include a history of smoking, gastroesophageal reflux diseas...

May 12th, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways In the months after infection with COVID-19 (post-COVID condition), adults who previously self-isolated at home with COV...

May 11th, 2022 - Heart failure (HF) is a costly and burdensome illness and is the top reason for hospital admissions for the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare. 1 The cost of HF to the United States is estimated to grow to $3 billion annually by 20.