The FDA released a draft of guidelines for the continuing education of prescribers of long-acting and extended release opioid drugs, according to a Medscape report.
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Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers; medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.); and associate…
Sandy Kunkel, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at OrthoIndy in Indianapolis, recently performed knee surgery on Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, according to a WTHR news report.
The Marine Corps will open a new $15.5 million sports medicine program facility at its San Diego depot to diagnose and treatment injured recruits, as well as provide rehabilitation when necessary, according to a Stars and Stripes report.
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As part of its PainSAFE initiative, the American Pain Foundation released new educational material on the safe use of complementary and alternative medicine, according to a news release.
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has partnered with the Musculoskeletal Foundation to announce a one-time grant to support research focused on meniscal allograft, according to an AOSSM news release.
Stanford University School of Medicine physicians have studied data captured by their electronic medical records to make a real-time clinical decision, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Scottsdale-based Arizona Pain Specialists have been selected to participate in an FDA-cleared adult stem cell study on advanced treatment for chronic low back pain, according to a practice news release.
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