Botox Alleviates Neuropathic PainA series of two doses of botulinum toxin A relieved neuropathic pain better than did placebo, new randomized findings show.
Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2016
Mindfulness and CBT Effectively Treat Chronic Back PainClinically meaningful improvements in daily function and pain relief remained 6 months after participants completed 8-week
training sessions for mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Medical Marijuana Advocates Rally to Loosen RestrictionsMedical marijuana advocates are hoping Congress will approve reclassification of the drug from schedule I to schedule II,
but legislation to do that has not gained much traction on Capitol Hill.
New FDA Safety Warnings on Immediate-Release OpioidsThe agency has added a new boxed warning about the risks for misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose, and death and changes the
indication to treatment of severe pain with no alternatives.
Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2016
Subjective Memory Complaints: Trouble AheadEvidence is mounting that patients' complaints of memory loss are indeed strong indicators of future cognitive impairment
and should be addressed.
The news about Zika is rapidly changing. Our resource center provides the most recent developments along with the implications
for clinicians in the US and abroad.
Eric J. Topol, MDDirector, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Perspective
A Focus on Hepatitis C: Novel Therapeutic RegimensIn the second part of this three-part series, Dr William Balistreri continues his discussion of hepatitis C with a review
of new antiviral agents and novel therapeutic strategies.
