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Humans have been searching for the Fountain of Youth for millennia, from Ponce de León to Herodotus. Some people feel that regenerative medicine, a field that encompasses stem cells, growth factors, and other cell mediating proteins, is that magical fountain, while others, including some physicians...
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Many painful conditions are not able to be treated by one therapy alone. The use of multiple modalities is generally more effective and the same is true with medications. Rational polypharmacy will provide the learner with details regarding the safe and effective use of different medications in...
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Sponsored by kaleo, Anand Thakur, MD
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West Virginia continues to lead the nation, and world, in drug overdoses, which makes one ponder what is being done at the “ground zero” of the opioid epidemic to save and improve lives. Where better than where it’s worst should some of the possible solutions come from? In 2016, an interprofessional...
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Sponsored by Salix, Gerald Sacks, MD
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By now, we should all be aware of the prevalence of chronic pain. Astonishingly though, few people are aware of the central pathophysiology of why people develop chronic pain. Central sensitization is one of the key processes in which chronic pain persists. In this presentation, we will explore...