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Medicaid news: Fla. Gov. Scott's budget tackles hospital reimbursements

Florida Gov. Rick Scott recommended cutting the state's Medicaid budget by $2.1 billion. Most of that savings, part of a $66.4 billion budget proposal, would come from changing the way hospitals are paid for treating Medicaid patients.

9 Dec 2011

Dramatic rise in substance abuse treatment admission rates from 1999-2009

A new report shows that while the overall rate of substance abuse treatment admissions among those aged 12 and older in the United States has remained nearly the same from 1999 to 2009, there has been a dramatic rise (430 percent) in the rate of treatment admissions for the abuse of prescription pain relievers during this period.

9 Dec 2011

VDF, CDC and VDC to educate women about gender-specific DVT risks

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in the deep veins in the legs. These clots can break loose and travel to the lungs, causing a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Even when they don't, they can cause permanent damage to the leg veins that results in long-term pain, swelling, and disability of the leg.

9 Dec 2011

Study may help personalize pain medication management for sickle cell disease patients

A study that may help personalize pain medication management for sickle cell disease patients is underway at Georgia Health Sciences University.

9 Dec 2011

Ovary removal in younger women may lead to low-bone mineral density, arthritis

Having both ovaries removed before age 45 is strongly associated with low-bone mineral density and arthritis in later years, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins oncologists and epidemiologists. The analysis covered several thousand women who took part in a U.S. government-sponsored, multiyear national health study, and excluded women whose ovaries were removed due to cancer.

9 Dec 2011

Study: Tart cherry juice improves overall sleep efficiency

Americans seeking a better night's sleep may need to look no further than tart cherry juice, according to a new study in the European Journal of Nutrition. An international team of researchers found that when adults had two daily glasses of tart cherry juice, they slept 39 minutes longer, on average, and had up to 6 percent increase in overall sleep efficiency (significantly less non-sleep time in bed), compared to when they drank a non-cherry, fruit cocktail.

9 Dec 2011

Menarini, Moberg Derma partner to distribute Emtrix in Italy

Moberg Derma AB has entered into a distribution agreement with Menarini Group for Emtrix - for discolored and damaged nails caused by nail fungus (onychomycosis) or nail psoriasis.

9 Dec 2011

Girls suffer more frequently from chronic pain than boys

Children who suffer from persistent or recurring chronic pain may miss school, withdraw from social activities, and are at risk of developing internalizing symptoms such as anxiety, in response to their pain. In the first comprehensive review of chronic pain in children and adolescents in 20 years, a group of researchers found that more children now are suffering from chronic pain and that girls suffer more frequently from chronic pain than boys.

9 Dec 2011

Pharmacyclics, Janssen partner to develop and market PCI-32765 anti-cancer compound

Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced today that it has executed an agreement with Pharmacyclics, Inc. to jointly develop and market the anti-cancer compound, PCI-32765.

9 Dec 2011

FDA approves Boston Scientific's Infinion 16 Lead for chronic pain management

Boston Scientific Corporation announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Infinion 16 Percutaneous Lead for its Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) System, the first rechargeable SCS device for chronic pain management.

9 Dec 2011

Breast cancer risks and management updates

A new report that looks at the environmental factors that affect risk of breast cancer is out. It suggests that women can reduce their risk by avoiding unnecessary medical radiation, forgoing hormone treatments for menopause that combine estrogen and progestin, limiting alcohol intake and minimizing weight gain.

8 Dec 2011

Cubist, Adolor announce results of initial tender offer

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Adolor Corporation today announced the results of Cubist's initial tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Adolor.

8 Dec 2011

Two new research studies to help colicky infant and their parents

The wail of a colicky baby can send parents into near panic and cause sleepless nights for all. Now, two innovative research studies are being conducted at the new UT Physicians Colic Clinic at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to help both crying babies and their worried parents.

8 Dec 2011

Viewpoints: Insurance safety net; Orszag on shift in health plans

In this country, three subjects that are guaranteed to generate a heated debate are religion, politics and, you guessed it, health insurance. Of the first two, Mark Twain observed that "people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand."

8 Dec 2011

New gene editing technique can heal sickle cell patients with their own cells

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a way to use patients' own cells to potentially cure sickle cell disease and many other disorders caused by mutations in a gene that helps produce blood hemoglobin.

8 Dec 2011

Cedars-Sinai neurosurgeon seals off wide-neck aneurysm with new device

As Stephanie Weiss was coming to grips with the news she had two large and three small aneurysms in her brain, the Los Angeles independent travel consultant was told there was no minimally invasive way to treat at least one of the defects: a wide-neck aneurysm. She would have to undergo open-brain surgery.

8 Dec 2011

Positive results from Genentech's pertuzumab plus Herceptin Phase III study on HER2-positive mBC

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced results from CLEOPATRA, the first randomized Phase III study of the investigational HER2-targeted medicine pertuzumab.

8 Dec 2011

Updated data from Novartis Afinitor plus everolimus Phase III study on advanced breast cancer

Updated results of a Phase III study of Afinitor (everolimus) tablets plus exemestane, a hormonal therapy, show everolimus provided additional time women with advanced breast cancer lived without their disease progressing.

8 Dec 2011

FDA approves changes to REMS for Nplate and Promacta

The approval of changes to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for both Nplate (romiplostim) and Promacta (eltrombopag) was announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

7 Dec 2011

Study compares two radiation therapy techniques available to women with breast cancer

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate of later mastectomy, increased radiation-related toxicities and post-operative complications, compared to traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

7 Dec 2011

Pain News and Research

Latest Pain News and Research

Medicaid news: Fla. Gov. Scott's budget tackles hospital reimbursements

Dramatic rise in substance abuse treatment admission rates from 1999-2009

VDF, CDC and VDC to educate women about gender-specific DVT risks

Study may help personalize pain medication management for sickle cell disease patients

Ovary removal in younger women may lead to low-bone mineral density, arthritis

Study: Tart cherry juice improves overall sleep efficiency

Menarini, Moberg Derma partner to distribute Emtrix in Italy

Girls suffer more frequently from chronic pain than boys

Pharmacyclics, Janssen partner to develop and market PCI-32765 anti-cancer compound

FDA approves Boston Scientific's Infinion 16 Lead for chronic pain management

Breast cancer risks and management updates

Cubist, Adolor announce results of initial tender offer

Two new research studies to help colicky infant and their parents

Viewpoints: Insurance safety net; Orszag on shift in health plans

New gene editing technique can heal sickle cell patients with their own cells

Cedars-Sinai neurosurgeon seals off wide-neck aneurysm with new device

Positive results from Genentech's pertuzumab plus Herceptin Phase III study on HER2-positive mBC

Updated data from Novartis Afinitor plus everolimus Phase III study on advanced breast cancer

FDA approves changes to REMS for Nplate and Promacta

Study compares two radiation therapy techniques available to women with breast cancer

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