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A new study found a high dose of the opiate remifentanil essentially reset nerve signals that caused chronic pain in rats, according to findings published in Science and reported in Nature.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles, recently performed elbow surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Hawksworth, according to an ESPN report.

Here are eight statistics on pain management case revenue and gross charges by number of operating rooms from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. The general trend is that the more operating rooms a center has, the larger the gross…

A report issued by New York state's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, found prescriptions for oxycodone increased by 82 percent from 2007-2010 in the state, according to a New York Times report.  

Come Oct. 1, 2013, the healthcare landscape will be bidding adieu to a friend that has been around for more than 40 years: ICD-9.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently performed surgery on Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo, according to a Redskins Talk report.

North American Partners in Anesthesia recently added New Britain Anesthesia to its roster of anesthesia practices, according to a Cision Wire report.

Researchers found noise-cancelling headphones playing classical music reduced pain and anxiety during a prostate biopsy, according to findings published in Urology.

Approximately 40 percent of physicians were skeptical that patients would benefit from electronic medical records and health information exchanges, according to an Accenture report.

James J. Dalfino, MD, of Connecticut Disc & Laser Therapy Centers, now offers advanced therapy technologies known as the MLS M6 Therapy Laser and the Multiradiance MR4 Therapy Laser in his Shelton, Conn., clinic, according to a news release.