An estimated 38 percent of patients who have migraines need preventive treatment, but only about one-third of them use it, according to study reported in Pain Medicine News.
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NeurogesX, a pharmaceutical company developing non-opioid pain management therapies, today announced that it has received approval for two patents for NGX-1998, a liquid formulation of prescription strength capsaicin.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, former CMS administrator Donald Berwick, MD, said he doesn't think healthcare in the United States "will ever go back" to a pre-reform state.
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Youth with just one kidney need not be barred from playing contact sports, according to a study in the July 2012 Pediatrics and reported by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
James Andrews, MD, will perform elbow surgery on Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Kyle Drabek, according to an MLB report.
Smith & Nephew launched two new plating systems for foot and ankle surgeons at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society annual meeting in San Diego.
According to Millennium Research Group, the European spine implant market will reach a value of more than $755 million by 2016.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has elected the 2013 Nominating Committee, according to an AAOS Now report.
Kenneth J. Kress, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, recently received the E. Napier Burson Jr. MD Award from St. Joseph's Hospital for his contributions to the art and science of medicine.