General internal medicine
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Helicobacter pylori infection should be treated with antimicrobial agents. The infection may be implicated in the development of peptic ulcer disease. Captopril may aid patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and microalbuminuria. Aggressive treatment is unnecessary in treating lower back pain. Disk protrusions shown by magnetic resonance imaging may not point to lumbar disk disease, because people without pain also can have the protrusions and bulges. Women under 50 do not need to be screened for breast cancer, and women with average risk for ovarian cancer do not need screening. People who consume two to three drinks daily of alcohol have a longer life than those who abstain or drink heavily. Hand-held computers can be helpful to doctors because they move around with the physician.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Low Back Pain: A Randomized Crossover Study
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Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) appears to be more effective in treating low back pain than many other treatments. PENS uses needles similar to acupuncture needles that are connected to an electrical source that stimulates nerves. Researchers compared PENS to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or exercise therapy in the treatment of 29 men and women with low back pain. Some patients were given sham-PENS, meaning they got needles but no electric stimulation. PENS was more effective than sham-PENS, TENS, and exercise therapy, and patients receiving PENS took fewer painkillers than the others.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Bipolar Permanent Magnets for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study
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Magnets do not appear to be beneficial for all patients with chronic low back pain. Researchers gave 20 patients with chronic low back pain treatment with active or inactive bipolar magnets. Bipolar magnets are flexible sheets of plastic with imprinted magnetic fields placed in such a way that both north and south poles face the patient's skin. Each patient received both types of treatment on alternate weeks for 6 hours a day, three days a week. There was no significant difference in back pain between the active and inactive magnet treatments.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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