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Duloxetine is effective in alleviating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in patients with advanced cancer, according to a study presented here at the 2017 ASCO Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium. “Duloxetine reduced pain in patients with CIPN, significantly in most cases,” said Sang Mi Ro, MD, Youido St. Mary’s Hospital, Medical College, Catholic University, Seoul, South […]
Read MoreMethadone is a pain-relief option for children with advanced cancer and chronic pain, according to a study presented here at the 2017 ASCO Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium. “Methadone as the first long-acting opioid in children with advanced cancer is both effective and safe,” said Kevin Madden, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gleason T et al Annals of Thoracic Surgery (Nov 2017) BACKGROUND Iliofemoral arterial disease can preclude transfemoral (TF) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TF-TAVR). Transthoracic access by direct aortic or a transapical approach imparts a greater risk of complications and death than TF access. We hypothesized that subclavian/axillary arterial (SCA) access offers equivalent risks and […]
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Read MoreThere will be no blogs today so you can celebrate Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Please be safe and have fun.
Read MoreAre stronger pre-surgical smoking cessation programs needed? Zorica Buser, PhD, and Jeffrey C. Wang, MD, comment on the study findings. Researchers found yet another reason to quit smoking: Patients with cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) with tobacco use disorder (TUD) had spine surgery more often—and at a younger age—than patients who do not smoke. The […]
Read MoreA pain expert offers perspective on several common terms that are widely used by pain practitioners but often are misunderstood by professionals, patients, the general public, and the media. By Jennifer P. Schneider, MD, PhD I am happy to offer a perspective on 5 words or terms that are often used in reference to medication use […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rose L. Molina, M.D., M.P.H. et al N Engl J Med 2017; 377:1705-1707 Recently, the media have devoted increasing attention to maternal mortality in the United States, as in a ProPublica and National Public Radio article describing the devastating death of a nurse shortly after her first child was born. These reports have heightened […]
Read MoreAuthors: Andrew Schober, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology published on November 2, 2017 Background: Cerebral oximetry (cerebral oxygen saturation; ScO2) is used to noninvasively monitor cerebral oxygenation. ScO2 readings are based on the fraction of reduced and oxidized hemoglobin as an indirect estimate of brain tissue oxygenation and assume a static ratio of arterial to venous intracranial blood. […]
Read MoreA new delivery method, using adhesive dermally applied microarray with zolmitriptan, appears to provide significantly better relief of migraines and bothersome migraine pain symptoms when compared to placebo. With Peter Schmidt, MD, and Lawrence Robbins, MD According to the National Health Interview Survey in 2015, 9.7% of men and 20.0% of women aged 18 and […]
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