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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

The study published in the June 2025 issue of the European Journal of Pain used data from the Finnish nationwide register-based study on Parkinson’s disease (FINPARK) to examine opioid use incidence from 5 years before to 5 years after a Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnosis, comparing it with a matched control cohort. Pain was recognized as (..)

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Rash Week! My aching feet!

PEMBlog

N Engl J Med 2001; 345:335-338. Just look at the rash – then scroll down to reveal the diagnosis. That’s it. And oh yeah, she did spend time in a hot tub during a recent trip. The nodules on the platter surface of the feet are painful. She is systemically well appearing. It’s Pseudomonas Hot-Foot Syndrome! aeruginosa.

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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing. Genet Med   3 , 14–18 (2001). Such is the case with the 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome, a relatively common and potentially serious chromosomal abnormality. Performance of noninvasive prenatal screening for 22q11.2

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Full circle.

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

In 2001, through a connection I made during my chief residency at CWRU, I applied for my dream job at Grady Hospital. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Or does it explode? I was wrong.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

Am Fam Physician 2001 ; 64:419. This is a viral exanthem caused by Parvovirus B19. It is rare and usually seen in young adults rather than children. It presents with acute onset, rapidly progressive, symmetric swelling and erythema of the hands and feet, often with petechiae or purpura. Am J Med Sci 2019; 357:411. Gu SL, Jorizzo JL.

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Preliminary Injunction Decision in Chambers of Commerce Case Provides First Insights Into Merits of Medicare Negotiations Cases

FDA Law Blog

Engler , a 2001 decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. While this standard is different from the standard applicable to the underlying cases, some of the analysis coincides with those cases. The Plaintiffs argued the unconstitutionality of the Medicare Negotiation Program under the Fifth Amendment by relying on Michigan Bell v.

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FDA Releases Draft CPG on Major Food Allergen Labeling and Cross-Contact

FDA Law Blog

By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Riëtte van Laack — On May 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft update to its Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) for FDA staff on the Agency’s enforcement of major food allergen labeling and cross-contact.