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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Brain Function

Posted on June 19, 2018

Researchers from Michigan Medicine's Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, in collaboration with experts from the University of Aberdeen, UK, have published conclusions from an investigation of the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on...

Music Therapy for Sickle Cell Patients: An Alternative Pain Management

Posted on June 18, 2018

Improvisational music therapy was found to be an effective modality for the treatment of pain associated with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to conclusions from...

Advocating to Ensure Safety

Posted on June 14, 2018

The Committee on Rheumatologic Care of the American College of Rheumatology has released a position statement calling for "robust pharmacovigilance" to ensure the safety of medications used to treat...

NIH, HEAL, and Combating the Opioid Crisis

Posted on June 14, 2018

Taking advantage of a $500 million congressional addition to its base appropriation for FY2018, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a new research initiative that it describes as "...a bold new...

Nudging for Better Prescribing Practices

Posted on June 13, 2018

The Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania is currently working on a variety of fronts to address the issue of...

Opioid Prescribing: Sometimes Less May Help More

Posted on June 12, 2018

Findings from a recent study conducted at Kaiser Permanente Department of Research and Evaluation conclude that when physicians reduce opioid dosage levels...