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Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is neuropathic pain that occurs due to damage to a peripheral nerve caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (herpes zoster, also known as shingles). PHN is defined as pain in a dermatomal distribution that lasts for at least 90 days after an outbreak of herpes zoster. [ 1 ]
Public health nursing, also known as community health nursing is a nursing specialty focused on public health.The term was coined by Lillian Wald of the Henry Street Settlement, or, Public health nurses (PHNs) or community health nurses "integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal, clinical understandings of the health and illness experiences of ...
Confounding factors are therefore alternate explanations for an observed (possibly spurious) relationship between intervention and outcome. Selection bias, a special case of confounding, occurs where intervention participants are non-randomly drawn from the beneficiary population, and the criteria determining selection are correlated with outcomes.
CVS Health's Caremark, Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group's Optum control the majority of the U.S. pharmacy benefit market, with their parent companies also operating health insurance ...
MIAMI – A new study from the University of Miami shows dozens of luxury, beachfront condos and hotels, all along the southeast coast of Florida, are sinking into the ground at unexpected rates ...
Intervention mapping can also help in adapting existing interventions to new populations and settings, [5] and provides a taxonomy of behavior change methods that can be used to code intervention content. [6] [7] In the health promotion field, intervention mapping has successfully been applied in various settings, to a wide range of different ...
Former NHL player Paul Bissonnette is fine after getting into an altercation with six men at a local Scottsdale restaurant. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images for The Match) (Cliff Hawkins via ...
A public health intervention is any effort or policy that attempts to improve mental and physical health on a population level. Public health interventions may be run by a variety of organizations, including governmental health departments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).