New Data Show Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Maintained Pain Reduction On Duloxetine
New data show patients with chronic low back pain on duloxetine hydrochloride (Cymbalta®) maintained reductions in pain for 41 weeks.[i] In patients who initially responded to duloxetine, this maintenance of pain reduction was accompanied by further reduction in pain that was statistically significant as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) average pain rating...
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Erectile Aid Use By Men Treated For Localized Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - A UCLA single-institution study in the online edition of the Journal of Urology reports on the use of erectile aid (EA) following treatment for localized prostate cancer (CaP). Participants with a diagnosis of CaP were prospectively recruited between 1999 and 2003. Clinical and pathological data was abstracted and HRQOL (Health Related Quality of Life) outcomes were prospectively abstracted at baseline and 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 48 months.
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HCPC Calls For Greater Healthcare Savings Through Improved Adherence To Prescription Drug Regimens
With today's announcement that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has offered to voluntarily grant some $80 billion in discounts to Medicare beneficiaries over the next decade in an effort to reduce overall healthcare costs, the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) noted that far greater savings can be achieved if immediate steps are take...
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Heart Disease Patients Don't Take Their Medicines
At least a quarter of people with heart disease don't take vital medicines they have been prescribed to prevent heart attacks and strokes...
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Risk Of Male Sexual Dysfunction Increases Following Workplace BPA Exposure
High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction, published by Oxford Journals. [1] The five-year study examined 634 workers in factories in China, comparing workers in BPA manufacturing facilities with a control group of workers in factories where no BPA was present.
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Back Pain Permanently Sidelines Soldiers At War
Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the treatment they receive, according to research led by a Johns Hopkins pain management specialist. In a study published in the Nov...
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100-Year-Old Woman Gets Relief From Debilitating Back Pain After Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
On World Osteoporosis Day, October 20, centenarian Helen Daniels of Poughkeepsie, NY, has a good reason to smile; she's able to comfortably walk again following minimally invasive spine surgery. After suffering two spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis, Mrs. Daniels had debilitating back pain...
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MRI Abundance May Lead To Excess In Back Surgeries, Stanford Study Shows
Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. This may be bad news for patients, since previous studies have found that increased surgery rates don't improve patient outcomes...
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CVS Caremark Data Finds More Than 50 Percent Of Adults 45 Years And Younger Are Not Adherent To Cholesterol Lowering Medications
A study released today by CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) found that more than 50 percent of patients under the age of 45 who are prescribed a medication to treat high cholesterol are not optimally adherent to their therapy. In fact, the data showed that 58 percent of adults between the ages of 18-34 are not taking their cholesterol lowering medications as prescribed...
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Study Details Quality Of Life For Prostate Cancer Patients Four Years Out From Treatment
A long-term study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that the three most common treatments for localized prostate cancer had significant impacts on patients' quality of life, a finding that could help guide doctors and patients in making treatment decisions.
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