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Patient Education Handouts in English and Spanish!
Browse through our latest patient-education handouts spanning topics such as persistent pain in the elderly, safe treatment with opioids, caregiver tips, and more! Some handouts are available in Spanish!
Chronic Opioid Therapy Webcast
This case-based CME activity reviews the use of chronic opioid therapy for the treatment of pain. Patient assessment; use of titration, rotation, and/or conversion strategies; and guidance for the use of appropriate documentation to support opioid prescribing are some of the topics covered in this comprehensive webcast from Educational Council Program Chairman Perry G. Fine, MD.
Webcast on Persistent Pain and the Older Patient
A case-based approach to examine key challenges related to the management and treatment of persistent pain in older patients.
Latest Issue of Pain Management Today®
In this issue: a review of recent literature focusing on pain in older adults. Also featured: a case study exploring the treatment of persistent pain in an older patient with dementia.
OnsiteInsight® Newsletter from APS 2009!
OnsiteInsight® highlights clinical-trial results and scientific sessions from major medical meetings and conferences across the country. In this issue, we focus on issues in the management of persistent pain from the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS). Also featured: expert commentary from Penny Tenzer, MD!

Slides of the Month
 

  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Design
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  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Cumulative Probability of Being Pain-Free
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  slide Outcomes for Subjects with Chronic LBP: Cumulative Probability of Complete Recovery
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  slide Association Between Radiographic Knee OA and Pain: Design
Neogi and colleagues conducted this case-control study of two cohort studies...
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  slide Association Between Radiographic Knee OA and Pain: Odds Ratios for Frequent Knee Pain
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In the News
Sickle Cell Pain May Be From Damaged Tissues Or Nerves
Mar 11, 2010 -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered the pain caused by sickle cell disease may not occur solely from damaged tissues, but also from injured nerves. The research is published in the Journal of the National Medical Association. Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disorder where red blood cells change from round to a sickle shape...
Decoding Patient's Genome Found Gene For Inherited Neurological Disorder CMT
Mar 11, 2010 -- Heralding what they hope is a new era of personalized genomic medicine, experts in the US have identified the gene behind a patient's inherited neurological disorder, in this case a form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, by sequencing his complete genome. Details of the quest are published online in the 10 March issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
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