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Megan Nora Gibbons, PT, DPTPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicare: Accepting Medicare AssignmentsPractice Location: 13119 Seattle Hill Rd, Snohomish, WA 98296 Phone: 425-954-2696 |
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Treatments for seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Bright white light therapy has been used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) for more than 20 years.
Aetna to help members access care in storm-impacted areas
Aetna is making it easier for members who may be impacted by Hurricane Earl to refill prescriptions and access employee assistance and behavioral health programs. The company is monitoring the situation carefully, and will re-evaluate its medical and dental policies for members as necessary to help them access care in the storm-impacted areas along the East coast.
The progressive increase in transmissibility and virulence of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants could lead to a significantly more deadly pandemic
Researchers from Toronto University, Canada, recently showed that these emerging VOCs were linked to increased virulence, as determined by hospitalization risk, ICU admission, and mortality. This study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.
Concern over outbreak of chronic wasting disease in deer
Another wild deer in New York state has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, (CWD), says the Department of Environmental Conservation. The latest confirmed case was in a 3-year-old doe less than a mile away from Verona where the first case in the wild was identified in a yearling.
NEI highlights new technologies and tools to help people living with low vision or blindness
During Low Vision Awareness Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is highlighting new technologies and tools in the works to help the 4.1 million Americans living with low vision or blindness.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.