No Prescription: 2010-03-14

Smooth And Integrated Movement Patterns Can Help Individuals With Back Pain
Many people with back pain do not know what is causing it and they do not receive effective treatment, but learning to move in a more integrated way makes a big difference, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...
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Multi-Center Data In A Large Series Of Patients Show Vertebroplasty Provides Dramatic And Lasting Pain Relief For Vertebral Compression Fractures
The results of a study of more than 4500 patients from six Italian EVEREST (European Vertebroplasty Research Team) Centers (Dr. G.C. Anselmetti-Candiolo Torino, Dr. G. Bonaldi-Bergamo, Dr. P. Carpeggiani-Pisa, Dr. S. Masala-Roma, Dr. M...
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Study Reveals Predictors Of Long-term Opioid Use For Back Pain
Despite limited evidence of long-term success in using opioid pain medications for chronic low back pain, opioid prescribing has increased in recent years for back pain and other non-cancer pain indications. The implications are controversial as published studies provide little evidence indicating which patients will benefit from long-term opioid treatment...
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New Interdisciplinary Approach To Treating Lower Back Pain Unveiled By MSU Researcher
Using a branch of science that crosses disciplines to study complex problems, a Michigan State University researcher is introducing a new way to understand and treat lower back pain, a condition affecting more than 40 million Americans and costing billions of dollars each year. N...
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Good Guidance Impacts Effectiveness Of Treatment Of Patients With Chronic Diseases
Many patients with chronic conditions do not take as much of their medication as they should. As a result, the effectiveness of the treatment is often suboptimal, and it also becomes more expensive. Until now, the extent to which the guidance of patients could be improved to promote the correct use of medication had been unclear...
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SOMA 250 MG Shown To Significantly Improve Functionality And Reduce Disability In Patients With Low Back Pain In Three Days
A recent analysis of two pivotal clinical trials in patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) who were treated with SOMA® (carisoprodol) 250 mg showed significantly improved functionality and reduced disability after three days of treatment, as measured by the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ)...
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Is Your Back Pain Caused By Herniated Disc? Single Test Can't Tell
While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person's back pain is often challenging. A new Cochrane review on diagnosing back pain finds that no single diagnostic test is good at discriminating between patients who have a herniated disc and patients who do not, according to lead author Danielle van der Windt...
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Suggestions Abound For Cutting National Health Care Costs
Two publications looked at the problem of rising health costs and ways to try to "bend the curve." In a cover story, BusinessWeek reports: "None of the health-care reform bills on the table in Washington do anything meaningful to address that wasted $700 billion...
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Collaborative Care Plans Between Physicians And Pharmacists Have Little Impact On Clinical Outcomes
The use of a physician-pharmacist collaborative care plan to manage lipid control in patients with high cholesterol does not have significant clinical impact, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The role of community pharmacists is expanding worldwide...
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Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc. Initiates Enrollment Of Phase Iv Clinical Trial For Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™
Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, announced the initiation of a nationwide enrollment for Phase IV of the DUETS (Device for Urinary Incontinence, Effectiveness, Tolerability and Satisfaction) research study for its Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™ (PMT)...
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Does Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Spur Increase In Foreign Drug Imports?
Medill Reports: "Unless federal legislation closes the Medicare coverage gap colloquially known as the 'doughnut hole,' seniors may opt for online drug imports to alleviate steep prescription costs. ... 'As seniors start falling into the doughnut hole, they are going online to find deals on prescription drugs, whether they're based in the U.S...
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Museum Launches New Online History Resource For Schools - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain
The Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched a brand new on-line resource for pupils at Key Stage 3 and 4. Health Histories uses primary source material to allow students to investigate pharmacy history in the 20th century...
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Imaging Diagnostic Systems Exhibits At The 2010 European College Of Radiology Conference
Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTCBB:IMDS), a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging; exhibited its CT Laser Mammography (CTLM®) system at the European College of Radiology, March 4-8, 2010, in Vienna, Austria. ECR 2010 had over 19,000 international delegates, an increase of attendance over the previous years...
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Integration Provides Better Health Outcomes - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia
The Government's new hospital funding package is a welcome first step in the health reform process, but will be better served when complemented through implementation of a preventive health strategy to help minimise hospitalisations, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says...
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The Results Are In: Users Of BodyMedia's Wearable Body-Monitoring Technology Lose 3 Times More Weight
With obesity in America reaching alarming levels -- across our adult and youth populations -- results from a clinical trial unveiled by BodyMedia confirm that participants who used BodyMedia's wearable body-monitoring technology either in conjunction with a group weight loss program or as part of their own self-directed program lost up to three times more weight than individual...
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Medicine Shoppe And Medicap Pharmacy Statement On Franchisee Lawsuit
Terry Burnside, general manager and senior vice president responsible for Medicine Shoppe and Medicap Pharmacy operations, today issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed in U.S...
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Appoints New Chief Executive
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society today announced the appointment of Helen Gordon as Chief Executive of the new Professional Leadership Body. Mrs Gordon will join the Society on the 1st of July. Mrs Gordon comes to the Society from her current position as Chief Executive of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...
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Physicians Click Their Way To Better Prescriptions
Is it time for all community-based doctors to turn to e-prescribing to cut down on the number of medication errors? According to Rainu Kaushal and colleagues from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, electronic prescriptions can dramatically reduce prescribing errors up to seven-fold...
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