Unequal quality of cancer pain management: disparity in perceived control and proposed solutions.
Disparity, "any difference among populations" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2004, p. 13), in health care is an issue of national concern and has been highlighted by the Institute of Medicine (2003), AHRQ, and numerous authors. The fact that some population groups receive substandard care for any...

Alternative therapies for chronic abdominal pain.
Chronic recurrent abdominal pain couldn't have a better acronym. It is a very common problem in children, one that causes both the patients and their parents a lot of grief, and one for which conventional drug-based approaches seldom work. The good news is that many of these...

Pain Therapeutics and King Pharmaceuticals Present Final Data of Remoxy Phase III Study.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 August 2008-Pain Therapeutics and King Pharmaceuticals Present Final Data of Remoxy Phase III Study(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pain Therapeutics and King Pharmaceuticals presented the final data set of a previously announced pivotal Phase III study of Remoxy, an investigational drug to treat...

Medtronic Debuts Discyphor Direct Catheter System.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 September 2008-Medtronic Debuts Discyphor Direct Catheter System(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Medical technology company Medtronic has announced the U.S. launch of the Discyphor Direct Catheter System, the second-generation catheter system used by physicians to obtain additional information to diagnose discogenic low back pain....

Legislative session 2008.
The 2008 legislative session ended May 3. The legislators had to make some hard decisions in light of tight budgets at both the state and federal level. Vermonters needed or wanted better highways and bridges, property tax relief, better facilities for psychiatric patients, affordable health care and housing, tuition...

Physician-assisted death in the United States: are the existing "last resorts" enough?
Although there has been relatively little activity in the last ten years with regard to legal access to physician-assisted death, this fall a citizens' initiative in the state of Washington is proposing an Oregon-style law that would allow legal access to potentially lethal medication for terminally ill patients, subject...

Analyst Report Says RBC Life Sciences is 'Growing at a Rapid Clip'.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-17 September 2008-Analyst Report Says RBC Life Sciences is 'Growing at a Rapid Clip'(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com RBC Life Sciences, a national business advisory firm recently featured RBC Life Sciences, a global provider of evidence-based nutritional supplements and personal care products, in an...

Calcium channel antagonists in pain: blockade of voltage-sensitive calcium channels provides novel agents for pain management.
Issue Three FDA-approved agents for pain management work by blocking calcium channels--ziconotide, gabapentin, and pregabalin. How do they work, and for whom do they work? Actions Learn the mechanism of action of these novel analgesics. Benefits Understanding their mechanism of action should help the prescriber...

Administrators give views of chronic pain management.
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. -- A clear majority of administrators from managed care organizations believe pain management programs could save money for their organizations, but only a third have such programs in place, Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. ...

American Pain Society Launches Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards Program.
Organization to Honor U.S. Programs Meeting Unique Challenges in Pain Care GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Pain Society (APS) will honor the country's outstanding pain care programs by naming Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management, the organization announced today. It is estimated that...