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May 7, 2013 | 9:06 amInteresting article/review in Circulation (American Heart Association) about Digital Social Networks and Health. Free full text. [More...]
- Family history of Alzheimer’s doubles risk
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- Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression
March 20, 2013 | 7:52 amLive today, neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression. [More...]
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Category Archives: Chronic Pain
Pain conditions among veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
A study published in General Hospital Psychiatry evaluated the rates of chronic, noncancer pain conditions in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) System. Researchers used a cross-sectional design that used administrative data extracted … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Pain, Pain, Schizophrenia
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helps Treat Diabetic Neuropathies
Research published this month in the Journal Pain found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help relieve pain for people with painful diabetic neuropathies. This was a randomized, treatment as usual (TAU), controlled, non-blinded intervention pilot study with a 4-month … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic Pain, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Pain
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Chronic pain medicines should come with behavioral pacts
A great deal of research suggests that physicians are not good at predicting who will misuse pain medication. AMA MedNews [More...]
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Pain Week
PAINWeek is the nation’s largest pain conference for frontline clinicians with an interest in pain management. Over 1500 physicians, nursing professionals, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, and psychologists attended this year. Courses offering over 100 hours of continuing medical education were … Continue reading
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FDA Approves REMS for Extended-Release, Long-Acting Opioids
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid analgesics in the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain. The centerpiece of the plan is … Continue reading