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October 29, 2012
New App Tracks Chronic Pain in Patients
A new iPad app, My Pain Diary HD, is now available for chronic pain patients.
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Pain Management
October 29, 2012
Innovative Pain Treatment Solutions Opens Second Location
Fallbrook, Calif.-based Innovative Pain Treatment Solutions will open its doors on Nov. 1, 2012, according to a Fallbrook Bonsall Village News report.
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A recent survey of North American Spine Society membership discussed why people with back pain go without treatment. According to the report, 66.5 percent of spine specialists surveyed believed that the fear of prospective treatments keep their patients from seeking help.
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October 25, 2012
AMA to Host Chronic Pain Management Webinar
The American Medical Association will host a webinar to help physicians better manage chronic pain patients while minimizing the potential for prescription drug misuse.
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October 25, 2012
Steward Center for Pain Management Opens New Location
Steward Center for Pain Management of Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., recently opened a satellite location at Coastal Medical in East Providence, R.I., according to a Patch report.
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October 24, 2012
Patent Approved for Cytonics' Diagnostic Spine & Joint Pain Test
Biotechnology company Cytonics has received a patent related to its Fibronectin-Aggercan Complex Test, which detects the presence of Fibronectin-Aggrecan Complex in patients with spine or joint related pain.
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October 24, 2012
Study Examines Juvenile Arthritis Pain
A new study shows a wide array of pain and functional issues among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and patients with enthesitis-related arthritis experience more frequent and intense pain, according to a Healio report.
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Pain Management
October 24, 2012
8 Benchmarks for Low Back Pain Injections
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has released new benchmarking data on four common outpatient procedures: cataract surgery, colonoscopy, knee arthroscopy and low back injection for pain management.
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Pain Management
October 23, 2012
Maintaining Quality at Pain Centers: Q&A With Dr. Edward Tavel of Pain Specialists of Charleston
On Oct. 6, 2012, the New England Compounding Center issued a voluntary recall of all products after it distributed a contaminated steroid injection to several practices, resulting in numerous cases of meningitis. Since then a nationwide outbreak of meningitis has infected and killed several people who received the injection to ease chronic joint pain.
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Kentucky Society of Interventional Pain Physicians plans to hold a meeting for primary care and specialist physicians about using controlled substances to manage pain, according to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
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