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Hope for Rare, Fatal Genetic Disorder, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Posted on July 20, 2017

An international clinical trial published in the Lancet focuses on preserving muscle function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare but fatal genetic disorder. Caused by...

Resolving the Pill Crisis: Prescription Opioids and Chronic Pain

Posted on July 17, 2017

A new consensus report released last week by a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine urges a broad-based rethinking of our approach to chronic pain management, which would require...

Alternatives and Guidance: Overcoming Barriers to Palliative Care

Posted on July 17, 2017

In a recent article, "Getting It Right at the End of Life," author Dina Keller Moss, lead researcher for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, relates a personal experience on the value of palliative care as a route to...

Antibiotics Used in Late Pregnancy and Risk for IBD in Offspring

Posted on July 16, 2017

Researchers from University of Chicago School of Medicine report evidence from a study in mice that antibiotics administered in late pregnancy and early nursing can increase the risk for...

The Role of Psychology and Behavior in Treating Chronic Pain

Posted on July 12, 2017

The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as an intervention for chronic pain may be enhanced through the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), according to new research conducted at Kings College, London. ACT includes...

JFK's History of Back Pain: What Can We Learn from Medical Records?

Posted on July 11, 2017

We offer a somewhat different selection for today's Daily Dose, in the form of an interesting examination of the etiology and treatment of President John Kennedy's chronic back pain. Authors T. Glenn Pait, MD, and Justin Dowdy, MD, reviewed case notes from...