Post-op pals: can the right roommate help your recovery?
Article Abstract:
Research involving 84 men who received coronary bypass surgery indicates that rooming with other cardiac patients may reduce pre-operative anxiety and speed recovery. Having a roommate who just had the same kind of surgery seems to have the most beneficial influence.
Publisher: Rodale, Inc.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
Cardiac patients, Therapeutics, Surgical, Surgical therapeutics
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
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Easy 'heeler'
Article Abstract:
Research indicates that isolated proximal plantar fasciitis, a condition that causes heel pain, can be treated effectively with stretching exercises and over-the-counter heel devices such as a silicon heel cushion or wool-felt insole.
Publisher: Rodale, Inc.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
Care and treatment, Orthopedic equipment and supplies, Orthopedic appliances, Foot diseases, Orthopaedic equipment, Plantar fasciitis
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1997
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