Researchers at Geisinger Medical Center recently received funding totaling more than $44,000 from a Geisinger Health System (GHS) – NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) collaborative project focusing on personalized healthcare… Read The Full Article…Geisinger Researchers Awarded Funds For Personalized Healthcare Project Read more »

Final draft guidance published today (Thursday 21st January 2010) by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will enable another therapy to be considered for some people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland suffering with rheumatoid arthritis. In the draft, certolizumab pegol is now recommended as a treatment option for some patients [...] Read more »

MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) announced that it has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 1b/2a clinical trial of its lead drug MOR103… Read The Full Article…MorphoSys Enrolls First Patient In Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial For MOR103 Program In Rheumatoid Arthritis Read more »

More and more Americans with chronic pain not caused by cancer are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). The January 19 Annals of Internal Medicine features the first study to explore the risk of overdose in patients prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in general health care… Read The Full Article…In [...] Read more »

More and more Americans with chronic pain not caused by cancer are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). The January 19 Annals of Internal Medicine features the first study to explore the risk of overdose in patients prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in general health care… Read The Full Article…In [...] Read more »

Raynaud’s disease (also known as Raynaud’s phenomenon and sometimes just called Raynaud’s) is a condition that causes some areas of the body to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress. It mostly affects the extremities such as the fingers, toes, tip of the nose and the ears. It is a common [...] Read more »

Repetitive strain injury or RSI, also known as repetitive stress injury, repetitive motion injuries, repetitive motion disorder (RMD), cumulative trauma disorder (CTD), occupational overuse syndrome, overuse syndrome, and regional musculoskeletal disorder is a range of painful or uncomfortable conditions of the muscles, tendons, nerves and other soft tissues… Read The Full Article…What Is Repetitive Strain [...] Read more »

Despite limited evidence of long-term success in using opioid pain medications for chronic low back pain, opioid prescribing has increased in recent years for back pain and other non-cancer pain indications. The implications are controversial as published studies provide little evidence indicating which patients will benefit from long-term opioid treatment… Read The Full Article…Study Reveals [...] Read more »

Hospital for Special Surgery announced that Mary K. Crow, M.D. has been appointed physician-in-chief and chair of the Division of Rheumatology. This appointment is effective as of April 1. Dr… Read The Full Article…Dr. Mary K. Crow Named Physician-In-Chief And Chair Of Rheumatology At Hospital For Special Surgery Read more »

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has created the strongest form of collagen known to science, a stable alternative to human collagen that could one day be used to treat arthritis and other conditions that result from collagen defects… Read The Full Article…Super-strong Collagen Created By UW-Madison Scientists Read more »