Guideline For Treating Chronic Non-Cancer Pain With Opioid Medications A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The long-awaited guideline appears in the current issue of The Journal of Pain, http://www.jpain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDirector of Healthcare Solutions Appointed to Guide Workforce Management Initiatives for Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities Workforce Insight, a leading provider of strategic workforce management consulting and implementation services, announced the appointment of Scott Weinhold as Director of Healthcare Solutions to accommodate the firm's growing base of healthcare clients striving to more effectively balance patient care, labor costs and staff retention through advanced workforce management solutions. (PRWeb Apr 1, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comPostmenopausal Women's Loss Of Sexual Desire Affects Health, Quality Of Life Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSchering-Plough Announces Results Of The Early ACS Trial In a study presented at the 58th annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology and simultaneously published by The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers reported that a strategy using an upstream, investigational dose of INTEGRILIN(R) (eptifibatide) routinely in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), at least 12 hours prior to angiography, failed to achieve either the primary or secondary endpoints of the trial.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNation's Laboratory Response Network Marks First Decade Of Protecting Public Health The Laboratory Response Network (LRN), the national laboratory system charged with protecting the public in health emergencies, will mark its first decade at its national meeting in Orlando, Florida, April 1-3, 2009.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLatest Research Findings At The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Leading orthopedic surgeons and other clinicians from Rush University Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on February 25-28. Highlights from some of the educational sessions led by orthopedic experts from Rush as well as some of the podium and poster presentations to be made by physicians from Rush include: Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBenefit Of Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells In Spinal Disc Model Reported By Cytori Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX) reported preclinical study results, which demonstrate the potential benefit of adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) for the treatment of damaged intervertebral discs, evidenced by significantly increased disc tissue density and disc-specific extracellular matrix components at 12-months post treatment in a large animal model. The data were presented at the 2008 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society meeting.
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