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UT Southwestern surgeons help pioneer minimally invasive ear surgery

UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons are helping to pioneer a trend that extends the advantages and benefits of minimally invasive surgery to patients who need middle ear surgery.

23 Sep 2015

TSRI study reveals key morphine regulator that may help develop less-addictive pain medications

Once used in the 18th century as currency to reverse the trade imbalance between China and Britain, opiates that contain morphine have been misunderstood almost continually ever since.

23 Sep 2015

FAU researcher finds unique way to monitor sickle cell disease

A researcher from Florida Atlantic University has come up with a unique way to monitor sickle cell disease -- a serious blood disorder -- using a smart phone. With a $166,935 grant from the National Science Foundation, E. (Sarah) Du, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering in FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, and principal investigator, will develop a portable smart sensor and a phone application for patients to analyze and store the results of their blood tests on a smart phone.

23 Sep 2015

FDA approves LONSURF for treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Taiho Oncology, Inc. (U.S.), a subsidiary of Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved LONSURF (trifluridine and tipiracil), formerly known as TAS-102, for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF biological therapy, and if RAS wild-type, an anti-EGFR therapy.

22 Sep 2015

Researchers find novel connection between choroid plexus and complex regional pain syndrome

Aalto University neuroscientists, in collaboration with researchers at Helsinki University Hospital and Harvard Medical School, have found a novel connection between the size of the choroid plexus in the brain and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

22 Sep 2015

New Medicare payment model reduces use of low-value services

In the first large-scale study to assess the effects of the Affordable Care Act's reforms to physician and hospital payments on the use of wasteful health care services, researchers have found that a new Medicare payment model reduced the number of times patients received services providing little or no health benefit.

22 Sep 2015

PDL BioPharma purchases portion of royalties on expected sales of AcelRx's Zalviso

PDL BioPharma, Inc. announced today that it has acquired a portion of the royalties on expected sales of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Zalviso (sufentanil sublingual tablet system) in the European Union, Switzerland and Australia by its commercial partner, Grunenthal.

21 Sep 2015

Dynamic spine brace in development for children with scoliosis

Some six million people in the U.S. suffer from scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine. These include approximately 2 to 3% of adolescents who are diagnosed each year with idiopathic scoliosis, which is usually identified during puberty and progresses until skeletal maturity.

21 Sep 2015

BMC significantly reduces emergency wait time, improves SCD care for pediatric patients

Boston Medical Center has significantly reduced the amount of time that pediatric patients experiencing pain from sickle cell disease (SCD) wait before receiving pain medication when they come to the emergency department. The hospital's quality improvement initiative cut the wait time by more than 50 percent, from an average of 56 minutes to 23 minutes, from triage to administration of the first dose of pain medication.

21 Sep 2015

CTCA at Western begins clinical trial that combines immunotherapy with chemotherapy to target sarcomas

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center in Goodyear, Arizona, has begun Phase II of another arm of its multi-arm clinical trial that combines immunotherapy with chemotherapy.

21 Sep 2015

Genetically engineered vaccine eradicates precancerous cervical lesions

Scientists have used a genetically engineered vaccine to successfully eradicate high-grade precancerous cervical lesions in nearly one-half of women who received the vaccine in a clinical trial. The goal, say the scientists, was to find nonsurgical ways to treat precancerous lesions caused by HPV.

18 Sep 2015

Researchers developing dynamic spine brace for children with scoliosis

18 Sep 2015

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2015 to be held in Vienna from 17 to 19 October

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2015 will highlight innovations and controversies in the field, guaranteeing great stories on topics relevant to the press.

18 Sep 2015

New report calls for greater focus to address quality of life issues in prostate cancer patients

A new report released today entitled Prostate Cancer: Living, not Just Surviving, which details the findings from a large pan-European survey of 765 prostate cancer patients, 335 caregivers and 400 healthcare professionals, reveals that only 14 per cent of healthcare professionals feel that they have sufficient resources to address quality of life issues, such as fatigue, pain and intimacy problems.

18 Sep 2015

Benitec Biopharma initiates new site for ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial for hepatitis C

Benitec Biopharma Limited, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics based on its gene-silencing technology, DNA-directed RNA interference (ddRNAi), is pleased to announce it has initiated a new site for its ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial at the Methodist Health System Clinical Research Institute in Dallas, Texas.

16 Sep 2015

Bionomics’ BNC210 Phase 1 trial for anxiety and depression meets primary endpoint

Bionomics Limited, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) and cancer, today reported positive data from the completed Phase 1 multiple ascending dose, placebo controlled clinical trial of BNC210, an orally administered negative allosteric modulator of the alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (alpha-7 receptor) being developed for the treatment of anxiety and depression.

16 Sep 2015

Researchers use new software tool to identify genetic overlaps between palmitoleic acid and Crohn's disease

Some research has suggested that omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in fish oils, can relieve inflammation in Crohn's disease. But a new study using software developed by Duke scientists hints that we should be paying closer attention to what the other omegas -- namely, omega-6 and omega-7 -- are doing to improve or worsen the disease.

16 Sep 2015

Yoga improves physical, mental wellbeing of people living with common forms of arthritis

A randomized trial of people with two common forms of arthritis has found that yoga can be safe and effective for people with arthritis. Johns Hopkins researchers report that 8 weeks of yoga classes improved the physical and mental wellbeing of people with two common forms of arthritis, knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

16 Sep 2015

Hitachi receives FDA 510(k) clearance to deliver new PROBEAT-V system to Rochester-based Mayo Clinic

Hitachi, Ltd. has announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for commercial supply of the new PROBEAT-V system, which it designed and developed for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Treatments began in late June and the first patient treatment was completed in August 2015.

16 Sep 2015

Immune Pharmaceuticals’ CEO establishes stock trading plan

Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Daniel Teper, has established a stock trading plan with respect to the purchases of up to an aggregate of $250,000 of shares of Immune common stock in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act and other applicable federal securities laws and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

16 Sep 2015

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

UT Southwestern surgeons help pioneer minimally invasive ear surgery

TSRI study reveals key morphine regulator that may help develop less-addictive pain medications

FAU researcher finds unique way to monitor sickle cell disease

FDA approves LONSURF for treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Researchers find novel connection between choroid plexus and complex regional pain syndrome

New Medicare payment model reduces use of low-value services

PDL BioPharma purchases portion of royalties on expected sales of AcelRx's Zalviso

Dynamic spine brace in development for children with scoliosis

BMC significantly reduces emergency wait time, improves SCD care for pediatric patients

CTCA at Western begins clinical trial that combines immunotherapy with chemotherapy to target sarcomas

Genetically engineered vaccine eradicates precancerous cervical lesions

Researchers developing dynamic spine brace for children with scoliosis

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2015 to be held in Vienna from 17 to 19 October

New report calls for greater focus to address quality of life issues in prostate cancer patients

Benitec Biopharma initiates new site for ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial for hepatitis C

Bionomics’ BNC210 Phase 1 trial for anxiety and depression meets primary endpoint

Researchers use new software tool to identify genetic overlaps between palmitoleic acid and Crohn's disease

Yoga improves physical, mental wellbeing of people living with common forms of arthritis

Hitachi receives FDA 510(k) clearance to deliver new PROBEAT-V system to Rochester-based Mayo Clinic

Immune Pharmaceuticals’ CEO establishes stock trading plan

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