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Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo

7/29/2010
A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of the study appear in the August issue of Pain Medicine , a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and... [Comments]

Clinical trials can be improved by managing the learning curve

7/29/2010
DURHAM, N.C. Practitioners of clinical medicine are familiar with learning curves, and strategies like simulation are increasingly used to minimize learning-curve effects on clinical care. Because similar learning curves have been hinted at in some clinical trials, researchers at Duke University Medical Center studied the phenomenon in the data record of a large, multi-site clinical trial. Th... [Comments]

30 million women to benefit from health reform law

7/29/2010
New York, NY, July 30, 2010Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. In the first analysis of its kind, the authors report that the law will stabilize and reverse the growing exposure to health costs that women now experience by subsidizing h... [Comments]

Resting brain activity associated with spontaneous fibromyalgia pain

7/29/2010
A recent study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Michigan provides the first direct evidence of linkage between elevated intrinsic (resting-state) brain connectivity and spontaneous pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). This research shows an interaction of multiple brain networks, offering greater understanding of how pain arises. Details of th... [Comments]

Doctors, Patients Rarely on Same Page

7/29/2010
By Jenifer Goodwin HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors and patients are often out of sync with each other when it comes to what patients believe about their illnesses, including to what extent the patient is to blame and what's the best way to mana... [Comments]Doctors, Patients Rarely on Same Page

Snake venom studies yield insights for development of therapies for heart disease and cancer

7/29/2010
BETHESDA, Md., July 29, 2010 Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that they hope will aid in the development of therapies for heart disease and, surprisingly, cancer. The Japanese team is reporting in a Journal of Biological Chemistry "Paper of the Week" that they are optimistic th... [Comments]

Breast Cancer's DNA Yields More Secrets

7/29/2010
By Jenifer Goodwin HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic makeup of breast cancer tumors may be a better predictor of how well a woman will fare than a tumor's size and appearance, which has been the traditional way of looking at cancers, new rese... [Comments]Breast Cancer's DNA Yields More Secrets

Experts Support FDA Panel's Backing of New Blood Thinner

7/29/2010
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Following a federal health panel's endorsement of the new blood thinner Brilinta Wednesday, cardiologists say the drug could be a welcome addition to treatments for heart patients. In a 7-to-1 vote, t... [Comments]Experts Support FDA Panel's Backing of New Blood Thinner

UCLA scientists for the first time identify a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer

7/29/2010
UCLA scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development of new and more effective targeted treatments for the disease. The researchers, from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, proved that basal cells found in benign prostate tissue could become human... [Comments]

A new ground zero for prostate cancer

7/29/2010
A type of prostate cell that has been largely ignored by cancer researchers can, in fact, trigger malignant prostate cancer, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists and their colleagues. HHMI researcher Owen N. Witte and his colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that the somewhat overlooked prostate basal cell can spawn... [Comments]

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