This work focuses on signs and symptoms recognition in biomedical texts abstracts. First, this specific task is described from a linguistic point of view. Then a methodology combining pattern mining and language processing is proposed. In the absence of an authoritative annotated corpus, our approach has the advantage of being weakly-supervised. Preliminary experimental results are discussed an...

AIM Symptom checklists enable clinicians and researchers to quickly estimate the probability of neurotic disorder presence. To pursue this goal, they should include a possibly limited number of items, describing symptoms most prevalent in the disordered population. Fluctuations in that prevalence force researchers to prepare new variants of checklists every few years, therefore the next (curren...

From February to September 2007, our study accrued 52 patients with bone metastases [29 men (56%), 23 women (44%); median age: 68.5 years (range: 39–87 years)] who were referred for palliative radiotherapy (RT). Prostate (31%), breast (29%), and lung (19%) were the most common primary cancer sites. Treatment arms ranged from single to multiple fractions, with most patients receiving a single 8-...

This article describes a treatment approach for the symptom management of bulimia that is a synthesis of various techniques, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, response prevention, relapse training, and psychodynamic therapy. The model has been a useful teaching tool for both staff and patients in both group and individual formats. In addition to describing the treatment model, this articl...

Introduction To "put your feet up" after a hard day's work is a most pleasant form of relaxation, but for the erythromelalgic patient the phrase has a more sinister meaning. Erythromelalgia (EM) is a disorder characterized by intense burning pain, increased temperature and redness of the skin, particularly of the lower limbs. The symptoms are precipitated by exposure to heat, dependency and exe...

chemical cerebral disturbance, but admits that the nature of the actual process is unknown. This remains true today, despite extensive research and several interesting discoveries of biochemical irregularities in schizophrenia. Bleuler further maintains that primary symptoms, namely loosening of associations (thought disorder) and blunting of affect, are phenomena directly produced by the proce...

With the release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed., the diagnostic category previously known as somatoform disorders is now called somatic symptom and related disorders. The revisions were intended to increase their relevance in the primary care setting. The main feature of this disorder is a patient's concern with physical symptoms that he or she attributes ...

Introduction: Hoarseness of voice is a very common condition and is caused by recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. Many possible causes of unilateral vocal cord paralysis are known, including malignant or less often benign tumors, iatrogenic injury, inflammation, or post radiation fibrosis causing nerve palsy due to encasement. Cardiovocal syndrome or Ortner’s syndrome is hoarseness due to left rec...