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By Erik MacLaren, PhD High-frequency spinal-cord stimulation (HF-SCS) provides safe and effective long-term pain relief for patients with chronic upper limb and neck pain, according to results of a prospective trial presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). Kasra Amirdelfan, MD, IPM Medical Group, Inc. Walnut Creek, California, […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: KAREN KNOPS, MD Studies show that when people know what palliative care is, they want it. Marketing genius Seth Godin talks about offering services that are “remarkable” — so good that a person would cross the street to tell a friend. Palliative care has that kind of value, so why doesn’t our message travel […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ed Cara Gizmodo If sharks and sunburns don’t scare you at the beach, perhaps this will: According to preliminary research out this week, it only takes a 10-minute swim in the ocean to get your skin covered in a fresh coat of bacteria. While that’s not necessarily bad, some of these bacteria could be […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Theresa Bowling, MD Director of Regional Anesthesia, Integrated Anesthesia Associates, Fairfield Division, Shelton, Connecticut, and Assistant Professor, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut Introduction Enhanced recovery pathways (ERPs) have been shown to reduce costs and improve outcomes in nearly all surgical specialties, including shortening length of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zeng C et al. JAMA 2019 Mar 12 Mortality was higher with tramadol than with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The opioid agonist tramadol often is prescribed for patients with osteoarthritis pain because it is thought to be safer than opioids or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). To assess tramadol’s safety, researchers used a U.K. general practice database […]
Read MoreBy Erik MacLaren, PhD Patients who underwent the minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) found significant improvement in function and pain, with no serious procedure-related adverse events (AEs) after 2 years, according to results of the prospective MiDAS ENCORE study presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy […]
Read MoreBy Erik MacLaren, PhD Intranasal ketamine produces favourable results in the treatment of patients with cancer-related pain, according to a small, ongoing, prospective study presented here at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). More than half of patients with cancer experience pain, and opioid analgesics are limited by undesirable […]
Read MoreAnne-Marie Kommers Becker’s Healthcare The American College of Surgeons’ Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery will release a set of updated care standards next month after four years of research and planning, according to The New York Times. Four things to know: 1. ACS is releasing the standards in response to the increased rate of elderly […]
Read MoreAuthor: Natasha Persaud Renal and Urology News In a study, combining targeted and systematic biopsy detected 11% to 33% more prostate cancers than either method alone. In men undergoing a first prostate biopsy, the optimal method for detecting clinically significant cancer (grade group 2 or higher) is the combination of systematic biopsy and targeted biopsy […]
Read MoreBy Paige Minemyer Fierce Healthcare A new study links Medicaid expansion with lower mortality rates from cardiovascular disease. States that expanded Medicaid saw lower mortality rates from cardiovascular disease compared to non expansion states, according to a new study. Researchers led by a team at the University of Pennsylvania found that counties in expansion states saw 4.3 […]
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