September 2011

New Research has Potential to Alleviate Side Effects of Cancer Treatments

Beth Faiman MSN, CNP, a doctoral candidate at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is studying whether an over-the-counter medication could ease chemotherapy side effects for people with blood and bone marrow cancers. Faiman has worked as a nurse practitioner since 1994 at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center with patients diagnosed …

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Scientists Find Gene that Controls Chronic Pain

Scientists at Cambridge University, London, have identified a gene responsible for regulating chronic pain. Their drug discovery should help drug researchers in their search for more effective, targeted pain-killing medicines. By studying the gene in mice, the were able to show that taking away the gene took away neuropathic pain. The drug will not affect …

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NeurogesX Submits Supplemental new Drug Application for Qutenza (R) 8% Patch for HIV-Associated Peripheral Neuropathy

Biopharmaceutical company, NeurogesX, announced it submitted a supplemental new drug to the US FDA seeking to expand the label to include an application for the management of pain due to HIV-associated neuropathy. FDA Priority Review status is given to drug candidates that offer major advances in treatment and accelerated the standard review time. HIV-PN is …

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Olive Leaf Extract May Help Fight Early-Diabetes Nerve Damage, Pain

At Kerman University of Medical Sciences in Kerman, Iran, researchers investigated the possible effects of olive leaf extract on in vitro and in vivo models of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Their results suggest that olive leaf extract inhibits high glucose-induced neural damage and suppresses diabetes-induced thermail hyperalgesia, an increased sensation to pain.  READ MORE Source: ProHealth

U of M Earns $3 Million Grant to Develop Treatment for Nerve Damage

Univeristy of Michigan neurologist, David Fink, MD, leads the team studying treatment for nerve damage related to diabetes and chemotherapy. They will join Diamyd Inc. in a project funded by the NIH to develop a new treatment for preventing nerve damage. “This is a case of ‘bench to bedside’ research,” Dr. Fink says. READ MORE …

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Conquer Cancer Foundation Presents Award to Dr. Schneider for his Research in Breast Cancer Patients

Dr. Bryan Schneider, MD, associate professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, was announced as the recipient of a $450,000 grant to further his research on the relationship between taxane-induced neuropathy and clinical outcomes with other chemotherapy treatments. About one-third of patients who receive chemotherapy with a taxane develop neuropathy. His research aims …

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Marijuana Extract Might Help Prevent Chemotherapy-Related Nerve Pain

Cannabidiol – a compound derived from marijuana – may be a promising new treatment to prevent the development of painful neuropathy in patients receiving the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel. These results were published in Anesthesia & Analgesia based on animal experiments performed at Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia. READ MORE Source: Newswise