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The use of antiretroviral (ARV) medications has greatly improved morbidity and mortality of HIV-infected patients but long-term use of these agents has been associated with significant toxicities and medication fatigue that can lead to problems with adherence and eventual development of virologic

Secondary Aim 1: Obtain preliminary randomized controlled trial (RCT) effect sizes for changes in depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance of an MBSR treatment group compared to a wait-list control group. Hypothesis 1: Immediately post-intervention (T2), improvements in depression, anxiety, and

The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of testosterone replacement therapy in improving fatigue and other outcomes such as sexual function, quality of life, body composition, muscle strength and physical activity in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in young

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a common complaint of many runners, from novice to expert. DOMS can affect the primary movers in locomotion, including but not limited to the hip flexors and extensors, knee flexors and extensors, and the ankle plantar flexors. When running with DOMS, hip,

Subjects will be randomized to receive either melatonin or placebo. Subjects will receive 20-mg oral melatonin or placebo the night before their first RT treatment, each night throughout the course of RT treatment, and for 2 weeks following the completion of RT. Patients with localized breast cancer

In spite of the fatigue impact is well known in MS, medical care of this symptom is not usual. Moreover, treatments of fatigue are available, but evidence for effectiveness is limited. This study will build upon the existing evidence base for the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral approaches, and

GOAL: The primary goal of this research is to test a symptom management intervention, delivered by nurses with special training, using a stepped-care approach targeted toward pain and fatigue, followed by fifteen other prevalent cancer symptoms. Second goals are to improve physical and social

This is a phase II, single-center, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of droxidopa in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome. The study will enroll enough subjects to allow 10 to be placed in the 12 week open label treatment period. The study will consist of an initial screening

Symptomatic veterans will receive standardized acupressure treatment, first with one-thumb pressing applied to the head at acupoints of GV-20 (Bai Hui), EX-HN-3 (Yin Tang), Du-24 (Shen Ting), ST-8 (Tou Wei), EX-HN-5 (Tai Yang). B-2 (Zan Zhu), M-HN-6 (Yu Yao), and SJ-23 (Si Zhu Kong) for ~5 s on each

Muscle power is one of the most important parameters in almost every athletic action, and expresses the ability of the human muscle to produce great amounts of force with the greatest possible speed. Thus, muscle power is critical for high performance in athletic actions such as jumping, throwing,

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by severe disabling fatigue of at least six months duration that cannot be fully explained by an identifiable medical condition . Pain symptoms are also a part of the diagnostic criteria for CFS, and include muscle pain, multi-joint pain, and

The investigators will conduct a pilot randomized-controlled, crossover trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and effect of the open-label administration of placebo pills on CRF and associated psychosocial factors (e.g., emotional health, social health, quality of life, etc.) for cancer

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of the drug modafinil as a treatment for fatigue post TBI. Background: After TBI, fatigue is one of the most common complaints, as documented in our work and that of many other researchers. People with TBI experience fatigue that seems to

OBJECTIVES: - Determine the efficacy of epoetin alfa in treating fatigue in patients with advanced solid tumors who are not receiving chemotherapy. - Determine the efficacy of this drug on functional status and overall quality of life in these patients. - Correlate self-reported level of energy with