Nearly one in three older cancer patients experiencing severe cancer pain do not use opioids, according to a study reported in Reuters.
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Caffeine can improve painkiller effectiveness by a small margin, according to a new Cochrane Library study reported in the Health Behavior News Service.
The Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery has appointed D. Greg Anderson, MD as the president of its board of directors.
Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill., has completed its new $24 million Center for Orthopedic and Neurosciences, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Action Products announced it will display several products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Congress next week.
Abdominal muscle strains among professional baseball players has been increasing over the past two decades, occurring more frequently early in the season, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Arabella I. Leet, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, was recently appointed chief of staff at Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu, according to a Pacific Business News report.
Clarence Shields, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Group, and Kansas City Royals team physician Vincent Kay, MD, will perform knee surgery on Royals catcher Salvador Perez, according to an MLB report.
Exactech announced that the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, effective since in December 2010, has expired.
DFINE, a San Jose, Calif.-based medical device company, announced the first patient was treated successfully with its Spinal Tumor Ablation with Radiofrequency System.