Predictors of physical therapy clinic performance in the treatment of patients with low back pain syndromes.
Low back pain syndromes (LBPS) affect more than 65 million Americans, with cumulative costs making LBPS the sixth most expensive condition treated in the United States. Direct and indirect costs associated with LBPS are estimated at more than $12 billion per year. (1) For approximately 16 million people (8%),...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Steven Adams A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at the Baker City Nazarene Church for Steven D. Adams of Baker City, formerly of Lane County. He died Aug. 3 of cancer at age 57. ...

Meaning of caring to 7 novice physical therapists during their first year of clinical practice.
In the contemporary practice of physical therapy, caring has been identified as an important value for professional behavior and good patient care. Stiller (1) reported that caring, dedication, and warmth were important values that contributed to the ethos, or overall character, of the physical therapist professional. The American Physical...

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Byline: The Register-Guard People Dr. John Tucker, a radiologist, has joined Radiology Associates P.C. in Eugene. He previously served as chief resident at Loma Linda University Medical Center as part of his radiology residency and completed a fellowship in interventional radiology at the Hospital of...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Kathleen Anglin VENETA - The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at West Lane Assembly of God Church in Noti for Kathleen Corine Anglin of Veneta. She died Aug. 11 of Alzheimer's disease at age 78. Visitation will...

Comparative study on the aristolochic acid I content of Herba Asari for safe use.
Abstract Herba Asari (Xixin, Manchurian Wildginger, Asarum spp.) is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb commonly used as a crude drug and an ingredient in patent medicines. The herb contains aristolochic acid I (AA-I), which has recently caused several incidents of poisoning in Hong Kong. Therefore, the safe...

Major CV events not decreased with Vytorin.
Combined simvastatin plus ezetimibe treatment not only failed to reduce major cardiovascular events, but also was linked to an increase in cancer deaths among asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis, according to the first report of a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III trial. The only positive outcome of the...

Addressing underutilization of consumer health information resource centers: a formative study * (RMP).
Problem: Four consumer health information centers in Richmond, Virginia, provide one-on-one assistance in accessing health information. Because they may not be fully utilized at present, an exploratory marketing study of factors affecting usage of the centers was conducted. Method: Observers counted center passers-by and tracked their paths....

Short- and long-term mortality after an acute illness for elderly whites and blacks.
The 2001 Institute of Medicine report Unequal Treatment declared definitively that quality of health care is often very different between white and minority populations in the United States (Smedley, Stith, and Nelson 2003). Among hospitalized patients, blacks have lower treatment rates than whites across a wide range of conditions,...

Tracking club sport participation from childhood to early adulthood.
This study examined the strength of tracking sport participation from childhood to early adulthood among the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study cohort. Participation in sport, dance, or gymnastics as part of a club or group (outside of school) was assessed at ages 7, 9, 15, 18, and 21...