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 large new study found that taking aspirin with clot busting drug Plavix (clopidogrel) cut the risk of stroke by 28 per cent in patients with irregular heart rhythms (atrial fibrillation) who were not able to take anticoagulants like warfarin.
The study was the work of researchers working on the ACTIVE trial (ACTIVE stands for Atrial [...]
That cup of coffee that many gym rats, bikers and runners swill before a workout does more than energize them. It kills some of the pain of athletic exertion, a new study suggests. And it works regardless of whether a person already had a coffee habit or not.
Caffeine works on a system in the brain [...]
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 [...]
Molecules assumed to be in the exclusive employ of the immune system have been caught moonlighting in the brain – with a job description apparently quite distinct from their role in immunity.
Carla Shatz, PhD, professor of neurobiology and of biology, and her colleagues at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that members of [...]
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 [...]
Millions of Americans suffering from at least one chronic health problem are putting off care, not taking needed medications, and resigning themselves to feelings of isolation and depression.
So reveals a new poll commissioned by the National Council on Aging, with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the California HealthCare Foundation.
“This report presents a distressing picture [...]
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