June 14, 2011
Recent data from the National Cancer Institute suggest that more than 60% of people diagnosed with cancer will be alive within 5 years of their diagnosis, and about one in three individuals will experience cancer at some point in their life.…
April 19, 2011
March 15, 2011
December 28, 2010
The chronic pain syndrome of fibromyalgia afflicts nearly 2% of women and a smaller proportion of men, and is both enigmatic and controversial. Many patients with fibromyalgia are misinformed and told that they are imagining or exaggerating their pain. Others with fibromyalgia learn that they have a medical disease that is chronic and unremitting—in other words, that they’re doomed to suffer from this pain syndrome for the rest of their lives.…
October 13, 2010
February 2, 2010
More than 25 million Americans experience acute pain each year as a result of injuries or surgery, and it’s the most common reason people seek medical attention. Several classes of medications—particularly opioids—have been historically used to treat moderate-to-severe pain, but the adverse effects of these medications can be difficult for patients to endure.…
