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More than a third of adults with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have moderate to severe functional disability around the time of diagnosis and initiation of treatment, findings from a ...

Many individuals receiving long-term disability benefits will at some point be asked by their insurance provider to submit to an independent medical assessment or examination (IME). An IME is meant to ...

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional method used by geriatricians and oncologists to detect and evaluate multiple age-related problems and to plan and coordinate ...

Prospective multidimensional study by means of: (1) clinical assessment, (2) parental-administered questionnaire for general health (CHQ-PF50), and (3) standardised disability measurements. A total of ...

Committee co-chair Mike Browne said the complaints were significant enough that he believes the assessments should be paused.

The judges of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunals (MACT) will have to be sensitised on the requirement of ascertaining functional disability, with reference to avocation of claimant, from the nature ...

To determine the disability profile of a group of patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), using the Functional Independence ...