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October 23, 2008 |
Now Available:
Watch podcasts of the Expert Rheumatology Exchange video series
CME Meetings:
Musculoskeletal Report provides cutting-edge scientific updates through biweekly and special edition newsletters, in-depth interviews, and on-location coverage of medical meetings.
Online CME Opportunity:
Pain:
New Use of Pregabalin: Preventing Chronic Pain After Knee Replacement
Perioperative pregabalin (Lyrica) may stave off chronic pain and permit earlier mobility for patients who have total knee replacement...
Pain:
Pain Experts Clear Strength Training for Fibromyalgia
Strength training should have a role in the care and treatment of patients with fibromyalgia...
Consumer News:
Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk
The breast cancer drug tamoxifen has been found to reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures, but the protection against fractures diminshes after treatment with the drug ends...
BioPharm Business:
Biogen Idec Reports Top-Line Results From Phase II Clinical Trial of Baminercept in RA; Will Discontinue Development in RA
The phase II trial of baminercept in RA patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy with a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug did not meet its primary endpoint...