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In 2017, Mike Nilsen, PT, DPT, determined that 40% of his patients with neck pain failed to progress or show clinically meaningful improvement.

“I wasn’t very happy with this,” he says, “so I started performing chart reviews. I looked at the patients who didn’t improve to see if I’d made any glaring mistakes. Did I not assess something? Did I not progress something?”

Nilsen, a staff physical therapist (PT) with Intermountain Healthcare in West Valley City, Utah, reviewed APTA’s clinical practice guidelines ...

A liquid biopsy may soon be available to find early signs of cancer in asymptomatic patients when the disease is still treatable and even curable.

Picture this: At your annual doctor’s appointment when they draw your blood to check your cholesterol, thyroid and liver enzymes, they also run a test for cancer. That little vial of blood, however, doesn’t just screen for a few types of cancer but for all 100-plus of them — including hard-to-find forms like pancreatic and ovarian.

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More cancer centers are introducing virtual reality headsets, which can help relieve anxiety and pain and educate patients about their treatments.

Given the choice of being on a beach or in an oncology ward, most people would choose the beach. So, if there was a technology that allowed you to take a mini-vacation while you waited for your appointment or received your treatment, you’d want to use it, right?

There is, and you can. Heather Bucalos of upstate New York learned the ...

Corey Kunzer, PT, DPT, often sees patients who’ve had certain regenerative medicine procedures. He describes the process as helping the body heal itself.

“It’s like with a paper cut,” Kunzer says. “If a person gets a cut, his or her body creates a scab, and, as the scab is working, the skin and tissue below it heals. That’s what regenerative medicine is. It’s priming the body to heal itself.” Kunzer, a board-certified clinical specialist in sports physical therapy, is coordinator of ...

From classics such as embezzlement to the new frontiers of phishing and ransomware, here’s what you need to know to protect yourself from people who are trying to steal money, information, and data from you and from your patients and clients.

Bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks, is reported to have said “Because that’s where the money is.” While the statement’s authenticity is uncertain, its lesson is proven: Scammers and thieves follow the money. And there’s ...