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Hand-held PDA devices for recording daily symptoms help fibromyalgia patients: Study

Hand-held PDA devices for recording daily symptoms are helping fibromyalgia patients and their doctors better understand links between pain, emotional distress and fatigue in this complex pain disorder, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publications of the American Pain Society.

28 Jan 2011

CSL Behring receives marketing approval for HAE drug Berinert in Israel

CSL Behring announced today it has been granted national marketing authorization in Israel to market Berinert® for the treatment of acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in any body location. With this most recent approval, Berinert is now licensed in 30 countries, including Europe, Japan, North America, South America and Australia.

28 Jan 2011

Annual mammogram screening at younger age reduces breast cancer deaths

A new study questions the controversial U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations for breast cancer screening, with data that shows starting at a younger age and screening more frequently will result in more lives saved.

28 Jan 2011

Crossed eyes in adults can also be corrected

Since she was a baby, Carleen Trautz's left eye turned outward, rather than looking straight ahead, and it made her life miserable.

28 Jan 2011

FDA accepts Pain Therapeutics NDA resubmission for REMOXY

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for REMOXY (controlled-release oxycodone) and has classified it as a Class 2 resubmission.

27 Jan 2011

Phase III study affirms safety and efficacy of Cumberland's Caldolor for post-operative pain

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the publication of data affirming the safety and efficacy of Caldolor® (ibuprofen) Injection in treating post-operative pain in hospitalized patients. A Phase III study published in the peer-reviewed journal Pain Practice concluded that IV ibuprofen significantly reduced both morphine use and self-reported pain intensity in patients recovering from abdominal hysterectomy compared to morphine alone.

27 Jan 2011

Scientists discover new mechanism neurons use to fine-tune electrical output

Scientists in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, have discovered a new mechanism that nerve cells (neurons) use to fine-tune their electrical output. The exciting discovery, published this week in the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience, provides new insights about how the activity of the nervous system is regulated at the cellular level.

27 Jan 2011

ASAPS supports new national registry for breast implants

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announces today its support of a new national registry for breast implants that will be compiled by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This registry will document reported cases of a very rare condition, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), in the presence of breast implants.

27 Jan 2011

Metanx promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in Diabetic Neuropathy patients

PamLab L.L.C., developer and marketer of Metanx®, announced today that the results of a study to determine if nutritional management with Metanx® improves numbness in the feet of patients with Diabetic Neuropathy (DN) was published in the fourth quarter 2010 issue of Reviews in Neurological Diseases. The study demonstrated that Metanx®, a medical food available by prescription, promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in DN patients.

27 Jan 2011

U.S. FDA announces link between breast implants and ALCL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a possible association between saline and silicone gel-filled breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a very rare type of cancer.

27 Jan 2011

ASPS, FDA collaborate to establish national breast implant registry

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is establishing a national registry for breast implants in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The registry is being developed in response to reports of a rare lymphoma--Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)—in a very small number of women with breast implants.

27 Jan 2011

Abbott fourth quarter worldwide sales increase 13.4% to nearly $10 billion

Abbott today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010.

27 Jan 2011

Microvisk secures £6 million to launch world's first diagnostic SmartStrip

Microvisk Technologies, the developer of a handheld system to monitor the blood clotting status of patients taking the drug Warfarin, has raised £6 million through a rights issue to existing investors in an oversubscribed round. This is the third successful funding round for Microvisk, which has secured £10.5m in the past 12 months - the largest amount raised by a UK life science company**.

26 Jan 2011

Spine surgeon successfully treated with RNL Bio's stem cell therapy for Autoimmune Arthritis

RNL BIO CO., LTD, a leading biopharmaceutical company specialized in adult stem cell therapeutics, announced on January 21, 2011 another successful patient report utilizing stem cell therapy on a leading US orthopedic spine surgeon who suffered from Autoimmune Arthritis.

26 Jan 2011

Majority of the public favor physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in great pain

A new Harris/BBC World News America poll finds that large majorities of Americans now favor physician assisted suicide and euthanasia for terminally ill patients in great pain who wish to end their lives. It also finds that a majority of people over 65 now have written directives regarding the type of care they would like to receive, or not to receive, at the end stages of their lives.

25 Jan 2011

80% of NFL lineman back in game after disc surgery

NFL linemen can recover from back surgery and return to their spine-bruising careers, so can you get back into your "game" of horsing around with your kids or working out at the gym after back surgery.

25 Jan 2011

Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends new Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care

The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine in their issuances of Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care.

25 Jan 2011

Taiwanese research team develops large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype

A Taiwanese research team, led by Prof. Ming-Shing Young of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has successfully developed a large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype which includes Frequency-Adjustable High Frequency Induction Heating Machine (HFIHM) and 3D Magnetically Guiding Endoscope System (3DMGES).

25 Jan 2011

ASCO urges physicians, medical schools to improve quality of life for people with cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology today called on physicians, medical schools, insurers, and others to help improve quality of life for people with advanced cancer.

25 Jan 2011

Diamyd Medical reports first quarter group total net sales of MSEK 144.5

Diamyd completed screening for US Phase III study in type 1 diabetes. The screening of patients for the US Phase III study, DiaPrevent, was completed, ending the recruitment campaign. More than 310 recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients between 10 and 20 years of age had, at the completion of screening, been enrolled in the study and received their first injection of the antigen-based therapy Diamyd® or placebo.

25 Jan 2011

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Hand-held PDA devices for recording daily symptoms help fibromyalgia patients: Study

CSL Behring receives marketing approval for HAE drug Berinert in Israel

Annual mammogram screening at younger age reduces breast cancer deaths

Crossed eyes in adults can also be corrected

FDA accepts Pain Therapeutics NDA resubmission for REMOXY

Phase III study affirms safety and efficacy of Cumberland's Caldolor for post-operative pain

Scientists discover new mechanism neurons use to fine-tune electrical output

ASAPS supports new national registry for breast implants

Metanx promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in Diabetic Neuropathy patients

U.S. FDA announces link between breast implants and ALCL

ASPS, FDA collaborate to establish national breast implant registry

Abbott fourth quarter worldwide sales increase 13.4% to nearly $10 billion

Microvisk secures £6 million to launch world's first diagnostic SmartStrip

Spine surgeon successfully treated with RNL Bio's stem cell therapy for Autoimmune Arthritis

Majority of the public favor physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in great pain

80% of NFL lineman back in game after disc surgery

Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends new Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care

Taiwanese research team develops large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype

ASCO urges physicians, medical schools to improve quality of life for people with cancer

Diamyd Medical reports first quarter group total net sales of MSEK 144.5

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