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HSS supports Arthritis Foundation's educational campaign for osteoarthritis

Hospital for Special Surgery, (HSS), a world leader in orthopedics and rheumatology, today announced its support of the Arthritis Foundation and Ad Council newly launched campaign, "Moving is the Best Medicine," to raise awareness of osteoarthritis, increase public health education and support breakthrough research.

5 Feb 2010

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute offers new blood test to predict heart disease

Just in time for American Heart Month, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is offering a new blood test that can predict if a patient is at high risk for heart disease. Vanderbilt is among the first institutions in the country, and the only one in Tennessee, to offer this test.

5 Feb 2010

Oxford Finance Corporation announces $25M credit facility to EUSA Pharma

Oxford Finance Corporation today announced that it is the agent and primary lender for a $25 million credit facility provided to EUSA Pharma. MidCap Financial and Silicon Valley Bank are co-lenders in the transaction.

5 Feb 2010

$AAOS issues new clinical practice guidelines for treating distal radius fractures$

AAOS issues new clinical practice guidelines for treating distal radius fractures

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures.

5 Feb 2010

Use of laparoscopic hepatectomy in treating HCC patients achieves complete resection

Conventional hepatectomy is an effective way to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it is invasive and stressful. Laparoscopic surgery, a kind of minimally invasive surgery, has recently gained considerable advances.

5 Feb 2010

Children exposed to acetaminophen prenatally more likely to have asthma symptoms at age five

Children who were exposed to acetaminophen prenatally were more likely to have asthma symptoms at age five in a study of 300 African-American and Dominican Republic children living in New York City.

5 Feb 2010

Majority of rural hospital stays are covered by Medicare

Medicare patients accounted for almost half of all stays (45 percent) at rural hospitals in 2007, while the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted to urban hospitals was considerably lower (35 percent) , according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

5 Feb 2010

Alkermes develops proprietary LinkeRx technology platform to create injectable antipsychotics

Alkermes, Inc. today announced that it has developed a novel, proprietary LinkeRx™ technology platform to enable the creation of injectable extended-release versions of antipsychotics and other central nervous system (CNS) therapies.

4 Feb 2010

Texas Health Dallas offers heart and vascular screening program for women

When Mary Gill went to bed that night, nothing would have made anyone think heart disease — not even Mary. She was thin and 42 years old. She exercised regularly, ate a healthy diet and never smoked.

4 Feb 2010

"Knowledge deficit" about methadone responsible for resulting deaths

In a unique and comprehensive literature review of poisoning deaths involving opioids from 1999 -- 2009, the deaths involving methadone were found to be disproportionately high. Methadone represented less than five percent of all opioid prescriptions but is responsible for a third of the deaths. After four years of investigation, the major underlying cause was found to be fundamental misunderstandings about the properties of the medicine -- a "knowledge deficit" -- especially when converting patients from other opioids.

4 Feb 2010

Peripheral nerve stimulation promising for treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

Doctors from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida showcased positive results of peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) in a patient suffering from post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), or pain after a herpes breakout.

4 Feb 2010

Akela announces the outcomes of two legal cases involving former employees

Akela a leader in the development of therapeutics for the treatment of pain and its wholly owned subsidiary, PharmaForm, a leader in the contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing business, today announced the outcomes of two legal cases involving former employees.

4 Feb 2010

Health Canada accepts AbstralTM New Drug Submission for review

Orexo AB today confirms that its partner, ProStrakan Group plc has announced that the New Drug Submission made by their Canadian partner, Paladin Labs Inc., for AbstralTM has been accepted for review by Health Canada, the Canadian Government Department with responsibility for public health.

4 Feb 2010

New research may help adopt acupuncture as a treatment option for NHS patients

Important new research about the effects of acupuncture on the brain may provide an understanding of the complex mechanisms of acupuncture and could lead to a wider acceptability of the treatment.

4 Feb 2010

Results from three phase two studies show the effectiveness of Tanezumab

Tanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets nerve-growth factor, reduced pain in three common pain conditions, according to the results from three phase two studies presented today in a single poster at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 26th Annual Meeting.

4 Feb 2010

High school pitchers should do low-weight, high-repetition exercises to avoid injuries

"A large number of high school athletes take the winter off and just go out and start throwing as hard as they can," said Matt Holland, a physical therapist with The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine in Houston. "The problem is that their arms are not in baseball shape and they open themselves up to serious shoulder and elbow injuries."

4 Feb 2010

Older married female cancer survivors have added health problems

A recently published study from Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences found 245 older married women who survived cancer had more health problems as compared to a sample of 245 married women without cancer.

4 Feb 2010

Wolters Kluwer Health relaunches flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has relaunched its flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers.

4 Feb 2010

Anti-inflammatory plant derivative could play a role in cancer treatment, say MCG researchers

Medical College of Georgia researchers are seeking to refine cancer treatment with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine.

4 Feb 2010

Recent clinical trials in patients with ALBP show that SOMA 250 mg reduces disability

A recent analysis of two pivotal clinical trials in patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) who were treated with SOMA® (carisoprodol) 250 mg showed significantly improved functionality and reduced disability after three days of treatment, as measured by the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ).

4 Feb 2010

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

HSS supports Arthritis Foundation's educational campaign for osteoarthritis

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute offers new blood test to predict heart disease

Oxford Finance Corporation announces $25M credit facility to EUSA Pharma

AAOS issues new clinical practice guidelines for treating distal radius fractures

Use of laparoscopic hepatectomy in treating HCC patients achieves complete resection

Children exposed to acetaminophen prenatally more likely to have asthma symptoms at age five

Majority of rural hospital stays are covered by Medicare

Alkermes develops proprietary LinkeRx technology platform to create injectable antipsychotics

Texas Health Dallas offers heart and vascular screening program for women

"Knowledge deficit" about methadone responsible for resulting deaths

Peripheral nerve stimulation promising for treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

Akela announces the outcomes of two legal cases involving former employees

Health Canada accepts AbstralTM New Drug Submission for review

New research may help adopt acupuncture as a treatment option for NHS patients

Results from three phase two studies show the effectiveness of Tanezumab

High school pitchers should do low-weight, high-repetition exercises to avoid injuries

Older married female cancer survivors have added health problems

Wolters Kluwer Health relaunches flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

Anti-inflammatory plant derivative could play a role in cancer treatment, say MCG researchers

Recent clinical trials in patients with ALBP show that SOMA 250 mg reduces disability

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