Appeals from hospice experts mean an unapproved drug, one of 14 given recent warning, will remain on the market, agency says
Bowing to the pleas of hospice experts, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has backed off its intent to remove from the market an unapproved liquid morphine painkiller given to dying patients.
Dr. Douglas Throckmorton, deputy [...]
A simple technique could help doctors differentiate between patients with different causes of back pain and thus improve treatment, a study suggests.
Researchers writing in PLoS Medicine have devised “bedside” tests which distinguish between neuropathic – nerve damage – and other causes of pain.
Neuropathic pain is commonly described as “burning” or “stabbing” but it is [...]
An article written by Professor Gary King, and his collaborators from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet, discuss the findings of an evaluation made at random of Seguro Popular, Mexico’s newly-introduced pilot universal health insurance system. Results show that household-crippling* expenditure has declined for poor [...]
A new study in CMAJ reports that school-based physical activity has positive health effects on children, although it does not improve body mass index (BMI).
Increasing rates in childhood obesity has become a public health issue. Obesity in children has more than tripled in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and across Europe since 1970, [...]
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, especially among older people. However, younger people also suffer from arthritis as a result of excessive wear and tear of joints. It can be painful and depressing. There are many treatment options available but research shows that exercise is one of the best treatments [...]
Patients with chronic pain who took part in a collaborative care intervention that included patient and clinician education and symptom monitoring and feedback to the primary care physician had improvements in pain-related disability and intensity, compared to usual care, according to a study in the March 25 issue of JAMA.
Chronic noncancer pain is associated with [...]
Scientists in Korea found that people with osteoporosis, a disease that lowers bone density and increases risk of fracture, are also more likely to have vertigo, a dizziness disorder caused by problems in the inner ear.
The study was the work of Dr Ji Soo Kim, of Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea, and [...]
Successful intervention included doctor training, patient education and feedback
A team effort may be a better approach to helping people battle chronic pain, new research suggests.
In a study including more than 400 U.S. veterans, researchers found that a collaborative strategy for chronic pain management — one that included education for patients in pain and their [...]
The New Mexico Department of Health has approved the first nonprofit in New Mexico to produce medical cannabis for patients in the Department’s Medical Cannabis Program. Nonprofits are allowed to produce up to 95 mature plants and seedlings as well as a usable inventory of medical cannabis to meet the needs of patients in the [...]
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