Empi Announces FDA Clearance of Select(TM) TENS Device.
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Empi, a global market leader in non-invasive, non-systemic pain management and physical rehabilitation for more than 30 years, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to market the Empi Select(TM) TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) device....

DURECT Signs POSIDUR(TM) Manufacturing Agreement with Hospira.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation announced today that we have entered into a long term manufacturing and supply agreement with Hospira Worldwide, Inc. ("Hospira") for POSIDUR(TM), DURECT's post-surgical pain management investigational drug which is currently in Phase II clinical trials. Under the agreement, Hospira's One 2...

Brain Stimulation for Pain Management - Device Manufactured by Electromedical Products International, Inc.
MINERAL WELLS, Texas, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A prescription brain stimulator is easing severe chronic pain without the side effects of drugs. A study published in this month's issue of the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology found that a very low current device applied to the brain via...

Aged care pain management needs improving. (Research Update).
Nursing home residents are experiencing chronic pain which is either not recognised or not treated effectively, according to a new Australian study. Researchers studied 917 nursing home residents in 15 northern NSW nursing homes between 1998-1999 and looked at: the numbers experiencing pain at the time of...

Deadening pain.
THE WORST OF EVILS: THE FIGHT AGAINST PAIN by THOMAS DORMANDY Yale University Press, 560 pages, $35 IN 1983, MY FATHER, who was dying of colon cancer, underwent surgery. When I visited him after the procedure, I was aghast to find him lying in bed, clearly in...

Histopathological and clinical findings in leprosy patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a study from Hyderabad, India.
Summary Background Chronic neuropathic pain in leprosy patients after completion of multi-drug therapy (MDT) is an under-researched problem. The reason why some leprosy patients develop it is unknown. In this study we evaluated the role of ongoing inflammation and small-fibre neuropathy as possible contributing factors for neuropathic...

A naturalistic investigation of former Olympic cyclists' cognitive strategies for coping with exertion pain during performance.
In endurance sports, there is one element that all athletes who wish to excel must confront ... pain. There are three types of pain: emotional, injury related, and pain as the result of an intense prolonged energy-expending effort. The physical discomfort associated with injury-free performance in sport can be...

Ouch! What a pain! Why pain happens--and how to make it go away.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kristen D. knows what it's like to hurt. The 16-year-old from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was only 2 years old. The condition causes painful swelling in her ankles, knees, wrists, and fingers. This year, the pain forced Kristen to...

Anesiva Announces FDA Acceptance for Filing of Zingo(TM) New Drug Application to Reduce Pain Associated With Needle Insertion Procedures in Children.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anesiva, Inc. announced today that the FDA has accepted for filing the company's electronic New Drug Application (NDA)/Common Technical Document (eCTD) for marketing clearance of Zingo(TM) to treat pain associated with intravenous cannulation and venipuncture procedures in children. Acceptance for filing...

The meanings of and attitudes about cancer pain among African Americans.
Pain is one of the most elusive symptoms encountered by patients with cancer. In the United States, pain is widely recognized to be undertreated even though the capacity to manage pain has never been better (Bonham, 2001). A growing body of literature suggests that African Americans are less likely...