Pain News and Research

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Polio eradicated in Somalia

Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' in public health.

26 Mar 2008

U.S. Patent Office confirms validity of Osteotech's U.S. patent on mixtures of a radiolucent material

Osteotech, Inc. ( NASDAQ:OSTE ) , a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of its U.S. Patent No. 5,676,146.

25 Mar 2008

Military to fight Dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Since the beginning of the year across the state of Rio, 49 people have died from the potentially deadly fever, the vast majority of victims have been in the city itself, with hospitals struggling to cope.

24 Mar 2008

NanoBio completes interim analysis of phase 2 clinical trial in onychomycosis

NanoBio Corporation has announced that it has seen promising results from an interim analysis of its phase 2 study of NB-002, a topical lotion for onychomycosis (nail fungus). Although the details remain confidential, the results clearly justify completing the study, according to NanoBio scientists

24 Mar 2008

Methamphetamine use and pulmonary arterial hypertension

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), in conjunction with leading pulmonary hypertension specialists, has announced the launch of an educational campaign to raise awareness of the association between pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and stimulant use, particularly methamphetamine use.

24 Mar 2008

Price of medicine may affect its efficacy

You are offered two painkillers, one selling at full price for $2.50 per pill and the other discounted to 10 cents each.

20 Mar 2008

Physical therapy helps symptoms of urinary incontinence in women

A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (March 18, 2008) reports that pelvic floor muscle training, in conjunction with bladder training, resolved the symptoms of urinary incontinence in women.

20 Mar 2008

New study confirms that PROGENSA PCA3 can improve accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis

New clinical data from a study of 570 men published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Urology support the use of PROGENSA PCA3 as a tool for diagnosing prostate cancer. The study confirms that PROGENSA PCA3, the world's first gene-based urine test to help detect prostate cancer, can provide clinicians with valuable information that helps guide diagnosis.

20 Mar 2008

Cortisol provide relief for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia sufferers

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are two serious and debilitating diseases with no confirmed cause and limited treatment options.

20 Mar 2008

Cocaine can cause symptoms of a heart attack

According to new research from the U.S., using cocaine can cause chest pain and other symptoms similar to a heart attack.

19 Mar 2008

Botulinum toxin, Quo Vadis?

The journal Medical Hypotheses, an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2007 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory.

19 Mar 2008

Management of esophageal perforation

Management of ingested foreign bodies is a common clinical encounter.

19 Mar 2008

Uterine fibroid embolization effective in cases where focused ultrasound failed

Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment for uterine fibroids, provides significant relief of symptoms for women whose focused ultrasound (FUS) treatment failed, according to a study released during the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, D.C. Primary care physicians and gynecologists can feel confident in informing patients that a failed FUS treatment does not require subsequent gynecological surgery.

19 Mar 2008

Poison prevention starts with respecting, inspecting medicines

Between tots' cough and cold medicines being pulled from store shelves, and a New York teenager dying from a muscle-cream overdose, the past year's scares are grounds for renewing a healthy fear for the products stowed in your medicine cabinet.

19 Mar 2008

SnowWorld, an interactive, virtual-reality video game helps burn patients with pain relief

To a patient recovering from severe burns, no place would be more soothing than a polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.

19 Mar 2008

Most women unaware of uterine fibroid embolization

A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting shows of 105 patients in the Atlanta metro area, only 18 percent of the women who saw a private practice gynecologist were told about uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive treatment for uterine fibroids provided by interventional radiologists.

19 Mar 2008

Long-term follow-up after percutaneous pulmonary radiofrequency ablation

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) - an interventional treatment that "cooks" and kills lung cancer tumors with heat - greatly improves survival time from primary or metastatic inoperable lung tumors, according to a study released at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting.

18 Mar 2008

Trauma patients likely to experience moderately severe pain 1 year after injuries

Most patients have moderately severe pain resulting from their injuries one year after sustaining major trauma, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

18 Mar 2008

Study examines changes in quality of life after head and neck cancer treatment

In the year following their first treatment, patients with head and neck cancer report declines in their physical quality of life but improvements in their mental health quality of life, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

18 Mar 2008

Chikungunya virus appears seldom to harm infants of mothers infected early in pregnancy

Chikungunya virus, an infectious agent transmitted by mosquitoes, appears seldom to harm infants of mothers infected early in pregnancy, but can frequently cause serious problems, including lasting brain injury, in babies born to mothers who acquire the virus near the time of delivery, according to a study in PLoS Medicine.

18 Mar 2008