With the growing number of cancer survivors,[1] there is increased interest in understanding and preventing post-treatment sequelae that may limit full recovery to prediagnosis health. As a result, during the past 2 decades there has been growing interest in the evaluation of patient-reported complaints of persistent post-chemotherapy cognitive changes. Cognitive complaints often co-occur with ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of the vestibular rehabilitation (VR) exercises by means of an assessment before and after the application of the Brazilian version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) questionnaire. METHOD Twelve patients were studied, the following procedures were carried out: anamnesis, otorhinolaryngological and vestibular evaluation, and the application of th...

Background: A 72-year-old female patient presented to the gynecologist after referral by her general practitioner, with complaints of occasional abdominal discomfort. Besides the vague lower abdominal discomfort and 10 kg weight loss due to loss of appetite, there were no specific symptoms. The medical history was negative, except for a cyst in the breast. Physical examination revealed a palpab...

The effects of Breslow's seven health practices on health were examined. The Today Health Index (THI), a questionnaire for self-evaluation of physical and mental health, was applied to male workers of a private company as well as their wives. The subjects resided in the suburbs of Tokyo and the average ages of the males and females were 41.5 and 38.4 years, respectively. Statistical results wer...

OBJECTIVE To examine the nosological concept of fibromyalgia in the general population. METHODS A postal survey of rheumatic pain and non-specific bodily complaints was sent to all 3174 German female residents of Bad Säckingen, Germany, aged 35 to 74 yr. A stratified random sample of 653 subjects was further examined in a clinical survey. RESULTS On the population level the point prevalence...

may benefit from outpatient mental health services, only 20% receive such services annually. As mental disorder and physical health problems are associated, together they may increase the probability of use by increasing need and/or access to services. The purpose of this study is to determine whether physical health complaints are associated with the use and volume of use of outpatient mental ...

Long-term development of psychological deficits in disability-free early multiple sclerosis (MS) was evaluated in 27 female patients over a period of 7 years and compared with healthy controls. Physical and cognitive parameters deteriorated significantly but not depression scores. In particular, the self-assessed somatic complaints remained non-similar between patients and controls. This indica...