Hit Back At Pain, Says Arthritis Care, England
A shocking 90% of calls to Arthritis Care's helpline in the last 12 months have been cries for help over pain - so this year, the charity is marking its awareness week by urging doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to support people with arthritis in making a special challenge to pain and the constraints it imposes on their lives.
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Association Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Poor Sleep In Women
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) negatively affect women's sleep. Sleep is further impaired by pain, depression and poor adherence to RA medications.
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Increasing ICS Compliance: The Voice May Be Recorded, But The Results Are Real
Automated phone calling may help physicians solve a perennial problem: patients who don't take medicine prescribed for chronic health conditions. Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, in Portland, Oregon, tested an automated calling service designed to encourage patients with asthma to fill or refill their prescriptions for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS).
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Rat Model Provides Insights Into Sciatica
A newly developed animal model for the painful nerve condition known as sciatica should help researchers diagnose and treat it, according to Duke University bioengineers and surgeons. Sciatica is not a single disorder, but rather a diverse range of symptoms, such as numbness or pain from the lower back to the feet, radiating leg pain or difficulty in controlling the leg.
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FDA Panel Votes To Restrict Acetaminophen
An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted on Tuesday to recommend new restrictions on the popular pain relief drug acetaminophen (known in many other countries as paracetamol), which is found in many US top selling over the counter medications such as Tylenol, aspirin-free Anacin, Excedrin, and also in prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.
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AxioMed Spine Corporation Receives CE Mark For Freedom(R) Lumbar Disc
AxioMed® Spine Corporation announces the receipt of CE Mark approval for its Freedom® Lumbar Disc, an elastomeric total spinal disc replacement device. The CE Mark approval was received from the notified body after review of the company's multi-center European clinical study and its portfolio of biocompatibility and biomechanical testing. This data also supported AxioMed's Investigational Device Exemption approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Compliance And Cost: Bitter Pills To Swallow In The Age Of Oral Chemotherapy
Though the growing shift toward oral chemotherapy agents offers cancer patients greater freedom and independence during their treatment, physicians say use of the new medications also poses more chances for patients to skip doses, miss prescription refills, and take their drugs in a dangerous way.
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To Ease Aching Back, Exercise More, Not Less
People with lower back pain are better off exercising more, not less. A University of Alberta study of 240 men and women with chronic lower-back pain showed that those who exercised four days a week had a better quality of life, 28 per cent less pain and 36 per cent less disability, while those who hit the gym only two or three days a week did not show the same level of change.
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Study Shows EVISTA(R) Improves Patient Compliance In Osteoporosis Management
Data presented today at the 8th European Congress on Menopause (EMAS) demonstrated that the majority of osteoporosis patients treated with EVISTA(R) (raloxifene) stay on therapy for the first two years. 300 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients received oral treatment with EVISTA(R). Patients were considered compliant if they had taken at least 80% of their medication.[1] Prof. Dr. P.
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What Is Tinnitus? What Causes Tinnitus?
Tinnitus (from the Latin tinnitus or "ringing") is a condition characterized by ringing, swishing, or other noises that appear to be originating in the ear or head. Not normally a dangerous or serious problem, tinnitus is usually a symptom of some other underlying condition and most often considered a nuisance.
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