Trial of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Dermatomyositis.

Background: Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for the treatment of dermatomyositis has not been extensively evaluated.

Methods: We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with active dermatomyositis. The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive IVIG at a dose of 2.

Treating fallopian tube occlusion with a manual pelvic physical therapy.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of a non-invasive, manual soft-tissue physical therapy in opening completely blocked fallopian tubes in infertile women with confirmed bilateral occlusion and a history indicative of abdominopelvic adhesions.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Setting: Clear Passage Therapies, Inc, clinic, Gainesville, Florida.

Treating female infertility and improving IVF pregnancy rates with a manual physical therapy technique.

Context: Infertility and pregnancy.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of site-specific manual soft tissue therapy in (1) facilitating natural fertility and (2) improving in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy rates in women with histories indicating abdominopelvic adhesion formation.

Design And Intervention: Pursuant to 2 promising pilot studies, 53 infertile, premenopausal patients received a 10- to 20-hour series of site-specific manual physical therapy treatments.