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Sports Medicine Procedures, Practices and News
July 14, 2011
Trial to Begin for Utah Orthopedic Surgeon Accused of Over-Prescribing Pain Medication
The trial for Dewey C. MacKay, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is accused of prescribing 3.5 million painkillers over a four year period, is set to begin soon, according to a Cache Valley Daily report.
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Pain Management
A U.S. Army task force has recommended shifting from simply dispensing pain medications to using a much wider armamentarium of pain management techniques, according to a report by the Marine Corps Times.
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Pain Management
July 13, 2011
Pain Management Physicians in Ohio Required to Take CME
As part of its crackdown on pill mills, Ohio is now requiring physicians engaged in pain treatments to take continuing medical education courses on pain management, according to a report by PainWeek.
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Pain Management
Physicians often struggle to determine whether patients who seek pain medication are exaggerating their symptoms, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Pain Management
July 05, 2011
Patient Pain Complaints May Be Exaggerated
According to a Wall Street Journal report, physicians often struggle to determine whether patients who seek pain medication are exaggerating their symptoms.
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Pain Management
Q: Is single-specialty pain management still viable?
Amy Mowles, president & CEO of Mowles Medical Management: There's a big misconception, even from people in the know, about pain management. The short answer is: Single-specialty pain management is definitely still viable.
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Pain Management
A release from the Institute of Medicine describes a major report on the future of pain management, recommending that generalists should handle most pain patients while pain specialists limit themselves to the most complex ones.
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Pain Management
A new study from St. Jude Medical found that peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerve significantly reduced the number of headache days per month in patients with chronic migraine.
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Pain Management
A study, reported at the 15th Congress of the International Headache Society in Berlin, of Autonomic Technologies' implantable neurostimulation system for the treatment of cluster headache reported positive preliminary findings.
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Pain Management
Lewis Yocum, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, is scheduled to perform ulnar collateral ligament repair on Mariners closing pitcher David Aardsma, according to an MLB report.
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Orthopedic Sports Medicine