Acupuncture delivered either traditionally through needles or by laser does not significantly improve pain or function at 12 weeks compared with sham acupuncture in older patients with chronic knee pain, new research shows. The study was published in JAMA. Rana Hinman, PhD, from the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and multicenter colleagues found that neither […]
Read MoreAccording to a new position statement from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the risk of death, overdose, addiction or serious side effects with prescription opioids outweigh the benefits in chronic, non-cancer conditions such as headache, fibromyalgia, and chronic low back pain. The position paper is published the journal Neurology. “More than 100,000 people have […]
Read MoreA new sublingual drug that specifically targets nonrestorative sleep, a key feature of fibromyalgia, failed to change average daily pain scores at week 12, the primary endpoint of the study, compared with placebo, a phase 2b trial shows. On the other hand, TNX-102 SL did lead to improvement in a number of secondary endpoints, including […]
Read MoreThis was not specialty for our specialty but I thought our readers in management would want to read it. The business world needs both great leaders and great managers, but most people don’t do both well. Take this quiz and find out which style is yours. The world is filled with managers and leaders. Both […]
Read MoreAlthough bundled payments show promise as a method for containing healthcare costs while improving quality, some industry experts have expressed concern that this new payment model will hold back innovation efforts, Rebecca Paradis, a senior health policy associate at the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy institute), writes in Health […]
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