chinese/headache

Adult Chinese patients with known focal or suspected liver lesions, referred for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for further diagnostic work-up, who have undergone or are scheduled to undergo a defined SOR procedure, within one month before or after the study MRI. The data for the Secondary Outcome

Acute upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are the most common diagnoses made in the primary medical services, which consisted of 34.6% of all diagnoses in Hong Kong. It accounts for approximately 100 million visits per year in the US. It was estimated that an adult has an average of 3 to 4

Studies of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have shown that chronic pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and/or masticatory muscles affects more than 10% of adults at any one time and that one-third of adults will experience TMD over their lifespan (Von Korff et al. 1988). TMD includes a wide

Migraine is a disabling neurological condition, characterized by attacks of headache and associated symptoms such as photophobia, nausea, and vomiting. In Hong Kong, the overall prevalence is around 12.5%. People with repeated migraine attacks are pain and personal suffering, have impaired social

This study is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. It aims to demonstrate that (1) Chinese medicine prescription "Wu Zhu Yu Tang" can prevent Acute Mountain Sickness(AMS) (2) "Wu Zhu Yu Tang" can prevent AMS especially for Yang-Xu body constitution. We will randomize 240

This is a prospective multicenter study of Chinese population. Participants (normal individuals without migraine and migraineurs) are included after standardized diagnostic procedures (TCD and c-TCD). For migraineurs with large RLS further examinations (c-TTE and brain MRI) are required. Up to 10

This is a 12 week study. If eligible, participants will be randomly assigned to 1of 3 groups: ear acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, or the usual care group. Subjects receiving acupuncture will: - meet with one of the acupuncturists who will conduct her first assessment - come to Walter

Chronic headache is among the most common neurological disorders with major physical, psychological, social and economic impact. The aim of this prospective observational study isto investigate the effects of an interdisciplinary multimodal integrated care program in patients with chronic migraine

Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most prevalent type of primary headache. Unlike migraine, however, there have been no significant treatment advances for chronic TTH in the past few decades, probably due to the limited understanding of its pathophysiology compared with that of migraine. The

Heyland et al. previously proposed a novel scoring tool, the Nutrition Risk in Critically ill (NUTRIC) score, which is the first nutritional risk assessment tool developed and validated specifically for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Many other risk scores and assessment tools exist to quantify

This is a prospective multicenter study of Chinese population. Participants (normal individuals without migraine and migraineurs) are included after standardized diagnostic procedures (TCD and migraine diagnosis). For all the participants, brain MRI and c-TCD are required. Up to 10-15 study sites

A total of 158 volunteers of patients with fibromyalgia will be recruited from the Chinese medicine or Western medicine clinics in China Medical University Hospital(Taichung and other affiliated branches). After diagnosis by rheumatologist, these patients will be randomized to receive verum