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Individualized care plans, safe administration of pain drugs and appropriate monitoring practices can avert serious adverse events from opioid drugs for chronic pain patients, such as unintentional sedation and respiratory depression, according to a Pain Management Nursing report.
Intrinsic Therapeutics has named Cary P. Hagan as new company president and CEO, according to an Intrinsic Therapeutics news release.
A sports medicine and concussion researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" to recognize his work in improving athlete safety, according to a UNC news release.
The United States District Court of the Southern District of California in San Diego has awarded Medtronic $101.2 million in damages as a result of the patent dispute between Medtronic and NuVasive, according to a Medtronic news release.
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A former patient of spine surgeon Howard An, MD, has made a gift to fund his research on spinal degeneration, according to a release from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.
James Long, MD, a plastic surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a team of medical professionals succeeded in transplanting a patient's toe to replace his thumb that was lost in a car accident, according to a Newswise…
Kevin Thompson, MD, a sports medicine specialist, will open an office at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Ala., according to a Demopolis Times report.
Benjamin Thompson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a professional interest in sports-related injuries, recently joined the orthopedic department at Milton (Mass.) Hospital, according to a Milton Patch report.