Is the science of diagnosing pain causing a number of pain sufferers to defend their honor? Research out of the University of Cincinnati is examining the diagnosis of pain that evades scientific testing, and the additional emotional suffering that can result for the patient…
Original post: Research Examines The Biomedical Diagnosis Of Pain
MedImmune announced an in-licensing agreement with Amgen for a novel monoclonal antibody targeting the IL-1 pathway. The antibody, AMG 108, a fully human monoclonal antibody to the IL-1 receptor, has been studied in multiple phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials and will now be explored by MedImmune for its potential against certain inflammatory diseases…
Original post: MedImmune In-Licenses Clinical-Stage Anti-Inflammatory Monoclonal Antibody From Amgen
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA reveal that a significant number of patients with fibromyalgia responded well to Tai Chi, experiencing alleviation of joint pains and other symptoms. The study is published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)…
Original post: Tai Chi Found To Significantly Alleviate Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Immutep S.A. has announced the execution of a licence agreement granting GSK exclusive worldwide rights to ImmuTune(R) IMP731 and any other antibodies that deplete LAG-3 positive cells. IMP731 has demonstrated potency at low doses in preclinical models of T-cell mediated inflammation and could represent a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of autoimmune disease…
Original post: Immutep And GlaxoSmithKline Sign Licence Agreement For IMP731, A Novel Therapeutic Antibody For The Treatment Of Autoimmune Diseases
Since returning home, some 100,000 veterans from the first Gulf War have reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) similar to fibromyalgia, and a new study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that acute exercise can exacerbate the pain but long-term exercise has the opposite outcome and reduces it. Researchers from Middleton Memorial Hospital in Madison, Wis…
Original post: Study Reports Exercise Outcomes For War Vets’ Muscle Pain
Although a vaccine to prevent shingles has been available since 2006, less than 7 percent of U.S. seniors – the demographic most frequently affected by the disease – chose to receive the vaccination as of 2008, finds a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Original post: Most Seniors Don’t Get Shingles Vaccination, CDC Finds
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced that the Joint Advisory Committee of the U.S…
Original post: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On FDA Advisory Committee Meeting For JZP-6 (Sodium Oxybate) In Fibromyalgia
Vaccination for herpes zoster, a painful rash commonly known as shingles, among a large group of older adults was associated with a reduced risk of this condition, regardless of age, race or the presence of chronic diseases, according to a study in the January 12 issue of JAMA…
Original post: Zoster Vaccine Associated With Lower Risk Of Shingles In Older Adults
This syndrome is often accompanied by fatigue, bowel disturbances, and urinary difficulty. Fibromyalgia can affect your daily activity, your sleep, and even your thinking when you’re worn out and experiencing “brain fog.” That’s a term used by Henri Roca, MD, Medical Director at Greenwich Hospital’s Center for Integrative Medicine in Cos Cob, Connecticut…
Original post: Holistic And Integrative Approaches Can Be Effective At Treating Fibromyalgia Pain And Fatigue
Giving people the herpes zoster vaccine was linked to a 55 per cent reduction in risk of developing shingles according to a Kaiser Permanente study involving 300,000 older American GP patients, suggesting that vaccinating eligible people could prevent tens of thousands of cases of shingles in the US…
Original post: Shingles Vaccine Linked To 55 Per Cent Reduction In Disease