Bradley Schmidt

A lively question and answer session follows a pro and con debate on the use of opioids.

A frank discussion of healthcare reform and its expected effects on the practice of pain medicine.

A debate over whether the use of prescription opioids is really the most effective method of pain control.

Recent court rulings have grown in prominence because the Obama administration has taken a more tolerant stance toward the use of medical marijuana.

The efforts by the government to thwart drug abusers have dramatically increased the chances that a physician will face criminal complaints.

A new study finds that pindolol is highly effective for the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms manifesting themselves through the autonomic nervous system.

Researchers examining senior-identified arthritis management strategies were able to identify the most helpful treatment methods as well as the biggest challenges preventing most seniors from engaging in these practices.

Here we recap some of the highlights of today's poster session with a focus on rheumatoid arthritis.

Considering that increasing prevalence of arthritis is expected to outpace the number of specialists available to treat the condition, primary care physicians would do well to consider the experiences and advice of leaders of national Canadian arthritis study groups.

Despite findings from other studies indicating that somnolence is a sometimes significant adverse effect in pregabalin use, this study suggests that it is statistically insignificant.

An international research team believes that its cluster analysis tool can be used to identify effective treatment modalities for a host of maladies using numerous different therapies.

All sensory areas were activated in the brains of fibromyalgia sufferers during pain stimuli according to brain scans made by University of Michigan researchers. Healthy controls showed littled to no activity.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are experiencing less coronary heart disease than in years past, but heart failure rates, however, remain unchanged, puzzling researchers.

Though researchers continue to investigate exactly why, data indicates RA increases an individual's risk of lower GI bleeding or perforation, diverticulitis, lower GI ulcers, and appendicitis.

Doubts surrounding women's world 800-meter champion Caster Semenya's gender have opened up a very public debate over endocrine disorders and what makes a "real" man or woman.

Due to results that could mask significant hypoglycemia or prompt excessive insulin use, diabetics should never use GDH-PQQ glucose meters or test strips while using drug products or therapies that contain certain sugars other than glucose.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the Bristol-Myers/AstraZeneca once-daily drug Onglyza for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes in adults.

So you have this idea to create a set of educational materials to help patients who have been asking you about the latest alarming disease of the day.

So you have this idea to create a set of educational materials to help patients who have been asking you about the latest alarming disease of the day.

Hospital medicine has evolved past the point where practitioners must justify the profession through cost-effectiveness studies. As hospital medicine assumes greater prominence in the healthcare system, hospitalists will be asked to take on larger leadership roles.

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?