At-Home Myasthenia Gravis Therapy Shows Promise Zilucoplan improves neuromuscular symptoms in phase II trial May 09, 2019
Novel Drug Cocktail Offers Rare Neuropathy Patients New Hope Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients see improved outcomes with repurposed drugs May 08, 2019
Oral CGRP Drug Bests Placebo for Migraine Prevention Atogepant was effective, safe, and well-tolerated May 07, 2019
Detailed Policy Cuts Opioid Use After Breast Ca Surgery 40% of women reported zero narcotic use after surgery May 03, 2019
'13 Reasons Why' Suicide Spike; Sleeping Pill Warning; Bipolar Genes News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 01, 2019
Don't Just Blame Drug Companies for the Opioid Crisis... ...Healthcare system 'left an opening for industry,' expert says Apr 14, 2019
Promising Results with Givosiran in Acute Hepatic Porphyrias Patients on novel agent showed significant urinary ALA reduction versus placebo Apr 13, 2019
Practice 'Cultural Humility' in End-of-Life Conversations Clinicians should know the limits of their cultural understanding Apr 12, 2019
Needles Help with Pain in the ER. No, Not that Kind Acupuncture tied to less pain, stress, anxiety Apr 09, 2019
Pain Persistent after Sexual Assault First large-scale prospective study reports shows prevalence and pain severity Apr 07, 2019
Can Blocking Kappa Receptors Reduce Opioid Dependency? Researchers look at targeting pain-related anhedonia Apr 05, 2019
Rituximab Fails in Chronic Fatigue Randomized trial did not confirm earlier small study benefits Apr 01, 2019
ENDO 2019 Roundup: Opioids, Obesity, and More Other noteworthy research presented at The Endocrine Society annual meeting Mar 27, 2019
'Party House' Rehab; Whistleblower Millionaire; 911 Needs CPR This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 27, 2019
Pain: Yes, There's an App for That But meta-analysis suggests benefit is just a few tenths of a point on standard 0-10 scale Mar 13, 2019
Opioids, Benzos Affect Spinal Cord Stimulation Test Patients on sedatives reported less reduction in pain in screening trials Mar 12, 2019
Insomnia and Chronic Pain Study investigates role of psychiatric disorders in sleep-pain relationship Mar 12, 2019
Patient-on-Provider Violence in the Pain Clinic "Some physicians desperate enough to carry handguns for self-protection" Mar 11, 2019
CDC Guideline Harms Pain Patients, Panel Says 'Clinician's ability to make decisions has been severely interrupted' Mar 11, 2019
Gabapentin Plus Opioids for Chronic Pain? Small study shows no superiority over opioids alone Mar 10, 2019
Rehab Recruiters; Lilly the Cannabis King; Feds Pin Blame in Child Deaths This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 05, 2019
Medical Marijuana and Older Adults Well tolerated among elderly patients; nearly a third reduced opioids Feb 28, 2019
New Opioid Epidemic 'Hot Spots' Emerge in U.S. Once considered largely a Midwest problem, opioid mortality is rising quickly in Eastern U.S. Feb 22, 2019
Morning Break: Rebranding Eating Disorders; Spike in Kratom Concerns; Vaccine Laws Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΔΎΉΟΦ±²₯ staff Feb 22, 2019
Pain After C-Section: Are Opioids Really Necessary? Pain score postpartum lower in those receiving non-opioid analgesics versus opioid analgesia Feb 16, 2019
'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk? Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement Feb 14, 2019
Want a Better PDMP? Researchers, States are Working on It Making the results easier to read is part of the solution Feb 13, 2019
Pelzman's Picks: Do Rich People Get More Mental Health Meds? Also, many generic drugs aren't available in the U.S. Feb 12, 2019
Did OxyContin Reformulation Boost HCV Rates? Association suggests "unintended consequence" of abuse deterrent opioids Feb 04, 2019
Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums? Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 01, 2019
Lungs Donated After Opioid Overdose Do Well Similar survival seen for growing number of overdose donor organs Jan 30, 2019
Whole-Body Cyrotherapy Caused Cold Burn Injury Trendy treatment never FDA-approved for health benefits Dec 14, 2018
Radiofrequency Pulses End Back Pain Probes guided to herniated disk appears to enhance pain relief and healing Nov 30, 2018
Group Hypnotherapy Helps IBS Patients As effective as individual treatment in reducing perception of symptoms Nov 26, 2018
Noninvasive Devices Help Migraine, Cluster Headache Patients Neuromodulation can provide both prevention and acute treatment Nov 21, 2018
Complementary Approaches May Help Headache Patients Many promote stress reduction, relaxation, lifestyle changes Nov 21, 2018
Medication Overuse Headache: Is It Overblown? Experts debate conflicting views of the role of medication overuse headache in chronic migraine Nov 20, 2018
Which Migraine Patients Should Get CGRP Drugs? Upcoming AHS position paper will help guide clinicians Nov 19, 2018
Migraines Mimicking Stroke Still Pose Diagnostic Challenges Migraine with aura responsible for 18% of improper thrombolytic treatments Nov 19, 2018
