Posts Tagged ‘increases’
Obama Budget Request Increases International Global Health Funding
President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, which was released on Monday, would increase by 9% funding for global health issues, including reducing maternal and child mortality, the Wall Street Journal reports. The budget includes a total request for global health of $9.6 billion for HHS, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Defense…
House Passes Bill To Stop Some Medicare Premium Increases
The House voted overwhelmingly to stop premium increases in Medicare Part B – which covers doctor visits – from taking effect next year. The Associated Press: “The bill now goes to the Senate, where the Finance Committee is expected to take it up soon, though no hearings were scheduled.
New Treatment Method Reduces Pain And Increases Mobility In Patients With Vertebral Compression Fractures
Vesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according to a study performed at the Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain. Vesselplasty is a new alternative to vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty-two conventional VCF treatment methods.
Medicare Expenditures Decrease For Glaucoma Surgery As Number Of Procedures Increases
The overall number of glaucoma surgical procedures appears to be increasing, but payments by Medicare for the procedures have been decreasing, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide and currently affects more than 2 million people in the United States, according to background information in the article.
Abrupt Opioid Withdrawal Increases Pain Sensitivity
The abrupt withdrawal of morphine-like analgesics – opioids – can increase sensitivity to pain. Experiments have now shown that this effect is caused by a memory-like process, the long-term potentiation of synaptic strength in the spinal cord. The study, which was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, also found ways of avoiding this increase in pain sensitivity. These pioneering results have now been published in the prestigious journal Science.
Drug Industry Increases Lobbying Efforts And Targets Democrats
The drug industry began ramping up its lobbying efforts in 2003, when Medicare Part D began, and now is targeting Democrats. CQ Politics reports: “The industry is increasingly employing Democratic lobbyists with ties to the Obama administration and congressional leaders such as Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Sunwin International Increases Availability Of Two Veterinary Medicines To Combat Swine Flu Virus In China
Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: SUWN), a leader in the production and distribution of Chinese herbs, veterinary medicines and one of the world’s leading producers of all natural, zero calorie Stevia in China, announced today that the company has increased the availability of two veterinary medicines, Huangqiduotang vaccine and Jinfang Detoxification Powder to treat swine flu that has recently spread in North America and other parts of the world.
Study Shows Anxiety Increases Pain Intensity, Disability
British researchers writing in The Journal of Pain, the peer-review publication of the American Pain Society, found that individuals with high levels of anxiety due to chronic pain exhibit more emotional distress and disability, but the use of pain coping strategies can mediate this effect. The purpose of the study was to examine the role of anxiety on everyday functioning of patients seeking treatment for chronic pain.
Pain Sensitivity Increases With Opioids Treatment
Use of opioid pain medications may contribute to an increase in sensitivity to some types of pain, according to an Australian study published in The Journal of Pain. Researchers sought to examine the effect of long-term opioid use in chronic noncancer pain patients and opioid-maintained patients to determine if the medications can cause hyperalgesia or allydonia.
Continued Smoking Increases Pain From Lung Cancer
Smokers who still refuse to kick the habit after being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than nonsmokers and former smokers, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain, http://www.jpain.org, the peer-reviewed publication of the American Pain Society, http://www.ampainsoc.org.
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