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Clinton Foundation’s Recommendations to Address the Opioid Crisis

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Anna Olechowska

The Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters Initiative, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, issued a report providing 49 recommendations under 10 topic areas on how to address the opioid crisis.

Complementary Approaches to Chronic Pain Management

Pharmacologic-only approaches to the management of chronic pain seldom provide complete/adequate pain relief and experts advocate for an integrative approach to the management of chronic pain.

Emerging Dosing Device Tech Could Print Multiple, Custom-Dose Medications

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Steve Duffy, Digital Content Editor

Researchers are working on a new technology that could potentially allow clinicians the ability to print multiple drugs onto a dissolvable strip, a microneedle patch, or another type of dosing device.

Long-Term Opioid Rx Use Skyrocketed Between 1999 and 2014

Long-term opioid prescription use increased threefold during a 16-year period between 1999 and 2014.

Association Between Low Levels of Blimp-1 Protein, Lupus

Researchers from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research may have identified a potential cause for lupus, which may lead to new treatment options.

Technology for Pain Management

Current State of Evidence on Ketamine: Uses, Effects, Research

Ketamine was found to alleviate several pain modalities, and a number of clinical trials investigating its efficacy are ongoing.

Cannabis for Medicine: Research and Policies Needed

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Florence Chaverneff, Ph.D.

Medical marijuana, as a botanical and a scheduled drug does not fit the FDA paradigm for drug approval, a major impediment to its use in research.

Connection Between Migraine and Hypertension in Women

Dr Pamela Rist discusses her research in women with migraine and hypertension at the 2017 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Scroll to below the video for a full text transcript of Dr Rist’s interview.

Naloxone: Policies and Access

By

Florence Chaverneff, Ph.D.

Policies have helped make naloxone more available, thus contributing to the reduction of opioid-related deaths in the U.S.

Quizzes

Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment and Management: Clinical Quiz

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Haymarket Media

Compete against your peers with our rheumatoid arthritis clinical quiz.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Guideline Recommendation Clinical Quiz

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Haymarket Media

Test your knowledge: How well do you know the guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Guidelines Quiz

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Haymarket Media

Compete against your peers with our rheumatoid arthritis clinical quiz.

Rx IQ: Chronic Pain Treatments

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Haymarket Media

Test your knowledge of chronic pain.

The Multifaceted Aspects of Chronic Pain

By

Florence Chaverneff, Ph.D.

How much do you know about the role of psychosocial factors, the placebo effect, and optimal pain management practices in chronic pain?

Slideshows

Case Study: Alcoholism-Induced Avascular Necrosis of the Hip

By

Rita Aghjayan

A man with a history of alcoholism, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presents with several months of hip pain.

Case Study: Subtrochanteric Fracture Following a Fall

By

Rita Aghjayan

A woman presents with severe left hip pain following a fall sustained at home.

Case Study: Pain and Weakness in the Shoulder Following a Skiing Accident

By

Rita Aghjayan

A man presents with pain and weakness in his shoulder following a skiing accident 2 days ago.

Case Study: Headache, Nausea, and Skin Discoloration

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Rita Aghjayan

A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a severe headache, nausea, and discoloration of the skin.

Case Study: Can You Diagnose the Weber Fracture?

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Rita Aghjayan

A 42-year-old woman presents with ankle pain following a fall 2 days ago.

Case Study: Worsening Foot Pain in a Boy

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Rita Aghjayan

A boy is brought to the office with foot pain that has persisted for 1 month.

Case Study: Elbow Pain in a Baseball Pitcher

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Rita Aghjayan

An adolescent presents with elbow pain that has persisted since he began pitching for his high school baseball team.

Case Study: Ankle Pain and Weakness Following an Injury Sustained While Running

By

Rita Aghjayan

A man presents with ankle pain and weakness after sustaining an injury while running 1 week ago.

Case Study: Hip Pain Following Fracture Fixation

By

Rita Aghjayan

An 80-year-old woman presents with hip pain for several weeks following fixation of a fracture 8 months ago.

Case Study: Small Toe Pain Following Trauma

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Rita Aghjayan

An 11-year-old presents with pain in the small toe after kicking a door jam.