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Celebrating Ten Years of ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Chronic pain is a common, complex, and costly condition that is managed primarily in primary care in Canada. In 2014, amidst a national opioid crisis and debate surrounding opioid guidelines, ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship (‘ECHO Pain’), the first ECHO in Canada, was launched.

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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

70056 The post Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejp.70056

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The Great RIF(T): One FDA Division’s Destruction and What it Could Mean for Generic Drugs

FDA Law Blog

Indeed, since 2014, DPD facilitatedthe publication of 42 quarterly batches and dozens of stand-alone PSGs, plus three one-off batches of PSGs updated to align with recommendations in general guidance documents ( g. , Publishing virtually every GDUFA guidance and MAPP since 2014 to fulfill FDAs GDUFA commitments.

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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

Security guards and panic buttons can help, but frontline staff are often left to manage volatile situations with few practical tools Empowerment Self‑Defense: A Practical Solution Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) training offers a timely, evidence-based response. The severity of this problem has even made its way into pop culture.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. There were also no differences in the duration of diarrhea or vomiting, day-care absenteeism, or household transmission of symptoms. Caution While this study provides important insights, it is worth noting that probiotics may still play a role in other health contexts. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802598.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

My first breast cancer scare was in 2014, when they discovered calcifications for the first time during a routine mammogram. Additionally, it’s classified as stage 0, so it’s not nearly as scary as conventional medicine leads us to believe. In fact, I had a similar situation happen to me not too long ago. In 2024, I had another scare.

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I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 2)

FDA Law Blog

Houck — Although we blogged on Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) cyclic and on-site inspections in June 2014, we thought it helpful to update registrants on what they can expect as diversion investigators resume activities following the Covid-19 shutdown. By Larry K.