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Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy to launch first ever national PN research registry

What starts as burning, numbness, pain, and/or tingling in the feet, or hands in some can turn into a debilitating condition. Peripheral Neuropathy (PN), one of the largest and most common neurodegenerative disorders, affects more than 20 million Americans of all races and ethnic backgrounds.

9 Jun 2011

Ameritox launches Rx Guardian CD, next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution

Ameritox, the leader in pain-medication monitoring, today announced the launch of Rx Guardian CD, its next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution and part of the patented Rx Guardian process.

9 Jun 2011

Costs, insurance company regulations can make physical therapy a pain

Rebecca Neusteter fell off her bike and shattered her knee. ... She pays $140 out of pocket for each weekly physical therapy session. ... Scott Ward, the president of the American Physical Therapy Association says insurance company regulations and policies essentially force physical therapists to see as many patients as they can. ... Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for America's Health Insurance Plans, says it's a dilemma caused by the rising cost of care in the U.S.

9 Jun 2011

Social, physical and spiritual activities can improve quality of life in older individuals

Small, healthy lifestyle changes and involvement in meaningful activities-going beyond just diet and exercise-are critical to healthy aging, according to a new USC study.

9 Jun 2011

Skin cell-derived CGRP-beta may cause chronic pain

A new study may explain why only 50% of patients experiencing chronic nerve pain achieve even partial relief from existing therapeutics. The study, published in the June 6 online version of the international research journal PAIN, reveals that certain types of chronic pain may be caused by signals from the skin itself, rather than damage to nerves within the skin, as previously thought.

9 Jun 2011

More women than men are unnecessarily referred for nuclear stress tests

New research from cardiologists at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals suggests a possible gender disparity in how patients are referred for nuclear stress tests, an imaging technique that measures blood flow to the heart muscle both at rest and during periods of stress, such as exercise.

9 Jun 2011

Less-invasive Pro-Vas occlusion shows promise for permanent male sterilization

A new clinical study presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting shows the less-invasive Pro-Vas occlusion as a highly promising method of permanent male sterilization.

9 Jun 2011

ACAAI issues updated guidelines for treating stinging insect hypersensitivity

Spring and summer bring bees, wasps, hornets and yellow jackets and, this year, updated advice for those who are allergic to these pesky stinging insects. More than half a million people go to emergency rooms and at least 50 die each year from insect stings.

9 Jun 2011

Articles on health trajectories now available in Nursing Research journal

Health care research typically focuses on final outcomes such as cure or death—overlooking the fact that health and illness are dynamic states that evolve and change over time. A special collection of articles on health trajectory research is now available in a supplement to Nursing Research, official journal of the Eastern Nursing Research Society and the Western Institute of Nursing.

8 Jun 2011

Indiana official offers new option to keep Medicaid for Planned Parenthood

An attorney for the state of Indiana told a judge Monday that Planned Parenthood could still receive taxpayer funds -- even if it continues providing abortions. Thomas Fisher, the state's solicitor general, said Planned Parenthood would still be eligible for Medicaid funding if it spun off its abortion clinic into a separate corporate entity.

8 Jun 2011

Two-year, $150,000 award to study implementation of electronic health records

A researcher in the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Emergency Medicine has received a two-year, $150,000 fellowship award from the Emergency Medicine Foundation to study the implementation of electronic health records in a suburban emergency department (ED).

8 Jun 2011

Cabozantinib shows early promise in treatment of prostate cancer spread to the bone

A new drug to treat prostate cancer shows early promise, particularly against tumors that have spread to the bone, a multi-site study shows.

8 Jun 2011

Avoiding repetitive activities that increase stress on the joints may prevent bursitis

As warm weather arrives and the great outdoors beckons, more and more men and women will be taking to the trails, the beaches, or their yards and gardens, embarking on physical activities that may result in sore, aching, swollen joints.

8 Jun 2011

Patient enrollment complete in BioMimetic's Augment Rotator Cuff pilot trial

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative bioactive products to promote the healing of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases, reported today that, ahead of previously announced guidance, the Company completed enrollment of 30 patients in a pilot clinical trial to assess the safety and clinical utility of AugmentTM Rotator Cuff Graft for the repair of large rotator cuff tears.

8 Jun 2011

Bio-Nucleonics resumes production of metastatic cancer drug, Strontium-89

Bio-Nucleonics, Inc., a life sciences Company, specializing in the development and manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals, medical devices and imaging agents, will be attending the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Annual Meeting, held in San Antonio, TX, June 4th through 8th, 2011.

8 Jun 2011

Viewpoints: Confronting 'giant' Medicare choices; first lady's anti-obesity campaign; Calif. insurance rules

Sometimes life presents you with a basic philosophical choice. Americans are going to have to confront a giant one over the next several years. It starts in the wonky world of Medicare. ... Democrats have much greater faith in centralized expertise. ... [Republicans] have much greater faith in the decentralized discovery process of the market.

8 Jun 2011

Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

When Dr. Ross Milner repaired Lydia Strebing's life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm, she was astonished at how easy it was. "I've had more pain from dental procedures," she said. "This was nothing." Milner, chief of vascular surgery at Loyola University Hospital, repaired the bulging aneurysm by using a catheter to deploy a device called a stent graft.

8 Jun 2011

Smoking increases woman's risk for peripheral artery disease 10-fold

A prospective study of initially healthy women aged 45 and over found that smoking is a potent risk factor for symptomatic peripheral artery disease, or PAD. PAD is a serious, often debilitating disorder, caused by narrowing of the arteries in the lower extremities. Symptoms of PAD include pain in the legs with normal activity and a feeling of tiredness in the leg muscles.

7 Jun 2011

Study explores link between hospital procedure volume, surgical outcomes after joint replacements

Patients who undergo elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty at hospitals with lower surgical volume had a higher risk of venous thromboembolism and mortality following the procedure.

7 Jun 2011

Independent investigators report Lymphoseek meets all endpoints in NEO3-09 Phase 3 study

Independent investigators reported today full results from the NEO3-09 study, reaffirming earlier top-line results that showed Lymphoseek met all primary and secondary endpoints and exhibited superior performance to vital blue dye in intraoperative lymphatic mapping (ILM) procedures.

7 Jun 2011

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy to launch first ever national PN research registry

Ameritox launches Rx Guardian CD, next-generation pain-medication monitoring solution

Costs, insurance company regulations can make physical therapy a pain

Social, physical and spiritual activities can improve quality of life in older individuals

Skin cell-derived CGRP-beta may cause chronic pain

More women than men are unnecessarily referred for nuclear stress tests

Less-invasive Pro-Vas occlusion shows promise for permanent male sterilization

ACAAI issues updated guidelines for treating stinging insect hypersensitivity

Articles on health trajectories now available in Nursing Research journal

Indiana official offers new option to keep Medicaid for Planned Parenthood

Two-year, $150,000 award to study implementation of electronic health records

Cabozantinib shows early promise in treatment of prostate cancer spread to the bone

Avoiding repetitive activities that increase stress on the joints may prevent bursitis

Patient enrollment complete in BioMimetic's Augment Rotator Cuff pilot trial

Bio-Nucleonics resumes production of metastatic cancer drug, Strontium-89

Viewpoints: Confronting 'giant' Medicare choices; first lady's anti-obesity campaign; Calif. insurance rules

Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

Smoking increases woman's risk for peripheral artery disease 10-fold

Study explores link between hospital procedure volume, surgical outcomes after joint replacements

Independent investigators report Lymphoseek meets all endpoints in NEO3-09 Phase 3 study

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