Shortage of epidural supplies sparks concern for Alberta patients
Alberta doctors are preparing for a shortage of epidural supplies that could lead to tough decisions about who gets the "gold standard" in pain management and who doesn't. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
People With Diabetes Are More Vulnerable to Heart Disease. How to Reduce the Risk
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, know that you’ve got plenty of company. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that in 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, 37.3 million adults in the U.S.—about 11.3% of the population—had the chronic condition, and that number continues to grow.
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body isn’t able to produce insulin, and Type 2 occurs when the body doesn’t use insulin correctly. Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes, and when it’s uncontrolled, a person’s blood sugar can jump to dangerous levels that requ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elaine K. Howley Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Hypnosis Aids Pain Management in the Emergency Department Hypnosis Aids Pain Management in the Emergency Department
Practitioners induce an altered state of consciousness, like a waking dream, in the patient. In this way, the patient does not think about the pain while he or she is receiving treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - July 8, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news
Image-guided steroid injections don't lead to more COVID infections
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PPE use varies when using ultrasound for COVID patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
The influence of adverse childhood experiences in pain management: mechanisms, processes, and trauma-informed care - Tidmarsh LV, Harrison R, Ravindran D, Matthews SL, Finlay KA.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the likelihood of reduced physical and psychological health in adulthood. Though understanding and psychological management of traumatic experiences is growing, the empirical exploration of ACEs and physical cl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
How to Remove Foreign Bodies?
Discussion
Living in the world makes the human body susceptible to foreign bodies. Orifices are particularly inviting for children to explore and see how it feels if the opening is touched by their hands or an object. Small objects are easily inserted or even just retained (such as toilet tissue in the genital area, or tissue in the nose). The mouth is particularly inviting to explore objects with as oral sensations are paramount to survival even at birth. Food can be considered a foreign body and often acts like one when stuck in the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract but is necessary to sustain life.
When someone says...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 4, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Nerve-cooling implant could offer pain relief alternative to opioids, say researchers
Device which can dissolve in the body represents an ‘engineering approach to treating pain’An implant which can cool nerves to block pain signals has been unveiled by researchers who say the device could offer an alternative to drugs such as opioids.The team behind the device say it could bring benefits for management of acute pain such as that experienced after amputations, nerve grafts or spinal decompression surgeries.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 30, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Science Health Engineering Source Type: news
How Changing Your Diet Could Have a Major Impact on Managing Lupus Symptoms
After Jewell Singletary was diagnosed with lupus, she developed rheumatoid arthritis as well—a common pairing, since both are autoimmune conditions—and had to use a cane to navigate her college campus. When she graduated, the now 38-year-old New Jersey resident decided to be more focused on supporting her health, in an effort to maintain her mobility as she began her career.
She started in the kitchen.
First to be tossed were sugary drinks, fried foods, and highly processed options, she says. Once she eliminated them, it didn’t take long before she could discard one more important item: her cane.
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Source: TIME: Health - June 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized Diet & Nutrition freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted for Talquetamab for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
June 29, 2022 (RARITAN, N.J.) – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for talquetamab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, who have previously received at least 4 prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38 antibody. Talquetamab is an investigational, off-the-shelf, T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody targeting both GPRC5D, a novel drug target, on multiple myeloma cells and CD3 o...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 29, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Safety, Efficacy of Postoperative NSAIDs in Sports Medicine Safety, Efficacy of Postoperative NSAIDs in Sports Medicine
NSAIDs are commonly used for postoperative pain management, but the potential risks of these medications have raised concerns. Are they safe to use?Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news
Steven Tyler health: Aerosmith singer in rehab after relapsing due to 'pain' after surgery
AEROSMITH'S Steven Tyler was recently re-admitted to rehab after he "relapsed". The star's latest relapse is linked to pain management from foot surgery. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revolutionizing Digital Pain Management
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Beth Darnall, PhD, of Stanford University's Pain Relief Innovations Lab, discusses her research into the effectiveness of digital pain management interventions and their potential for improving equitable care and... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - June 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Prevalence of cannabis use for pain management in Quebec: a post-legalization estimate among generations living with chronic pain - Godbout-Parent M, Nguena Nguefack HL, Angarita-Fonseca A, Audet C, Bernier A, Zahlan G, Julien N, Pag é MG, Guénette L, Blais L, Lacasse A.
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Janssen Presents Updated Data at EHA for Teclistamab in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
June 10, 2022 (VIENNA) – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced updated efficacy and safety results from the teclistamab cohort of the Phase 1b TriMM-2 study (NCT04108195). Teclistamab, an investigational, off-the-shelf, T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is being studied in combination with DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have received three or more prior lines of therapy.1 Patients in the study, including a high proportion with prior anti-CD38 exposur...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Janssen Presents Updated Results Evaluating First-in-Class GPRC5D Bispecific Antibody Talquetamab in Heavily Pretreated Patients with Multiple Myeloma
June 10, 2022 (VIENNA) – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced updated results from the Phase 1 MonumenTAL-1 first-in-human dose-escalation study of talquetamab (NCT03399799), an investigational, off-the-shelf, T cell redirecting bispecific antibody targeting both GPRC5D, a novel multiple myeloma target, and CD3 on T cells.1 Results from the study showed encouraging responses in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who received talquetamab at the recommended subcutaneous Phase 2 dose (RP2D) administered weekly (QW) or every two weeks (Q2W).2 The...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
