The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education a grant worth up to $35 million over the next five years to improve drug manufacturing standards, according to a news release.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved LeGoo, a gel that temporarily stops blood flow, according to a news release.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it has formed a panel of experts to help understand new technology in medical devices, according to a Reuters report.
Researchers at the Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center found that the use of clopidogrel during polypectomy has a 0.9 percent risk for bleeding in patients who already have a risk for bleeding, according to a news report. Researchers said this…
U.S. guidelines do not recommend weight loss surgery for patients under the age of 18, but a new clinic located in Qatar will start offering the surgery to patients as young as eight, according to a Digital Journal report.
A study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that opioid use in patients with fibromyalgia was associated with lower education, unemployment, disability payments, current unstable psychiatric disorder, a history of substance abuse and previous suicide attempts.
Results presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management showed that a lidocaine/tetracaine patch relieved pain associated with shoulder impingement syndrome, according to a Medscape report.
Lori Kough, a licensed practical nurse and office manager at Suncoast Pain Management in Sarasota, has been charged with 34 counts of prescription drug fraud and one count of Oxycodone trafficking, according to a Bradenton.com news report.
Chronic pain and prescription drug abuse cost the U.S. more than $323 billion annually, according to a study by consulting firm Laffer Associates and the Millenium Research Institute reported in a news release.
More than two-thirds of surveyed cancer physicians do not feel they received adequate training in reaching out to bereaved family members after a patient’s death during their residency or fellowship. The results of this survey were presented at the 53rd…