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FSMB Issues New Guidelines for Opioid Therapy, Chronic Pain Management

Posted on June 26, 2017

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently released an updated version of its guidelines for prescribers in the use of opioid therapy for chronic pain. The revised document draws on recent advisories from the CDC and the FDA, and...

Genetic Testing Could Refine Opioid Prescribing Practice for Patients

Posted on June 26, 2017

A review of available research conducted by a team from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands has identified 10 genes that may help prescribers to anticipate individual patient responses to opioid therapy. The genetic markers...

Antifungal Medications May Ease Symptoms of Crohn's Disease?

Posted on June 24, 2017

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine report that high levels of the fungus Candida tropicalis may trigger inflammation and intensify painful colitis in sufferers of Crohn's disease. In their study of mouse models, the team induced...

T-Cell Exhaustion Triggers Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Posted on June 22, 2017

New research conducted by a team in Australia reports that immune system exhaustion is associated with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D), a specific type of the disease. The study followed patients with various types of IBS, comparing blood work over...