Shout Outs

Shout Outs
Colorado Health Insurance Insider is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds!  It’s the third time we’ve hosted Grand Rounds at the Colorado Health Insurance Insider and we’re honored to be hosting again. It was a pleasure to read so many great articles for this edition.  Since our blog tends to focus on health care policy and reform, I’m starting things off with the posts that pertain to that topic.  Enjoy!  . …….. …………………………… TBTAM responds to the Supreme Court ruling on the Vermont Law:  Supreme Court to Docs – You Have No Privacy ……Apparently, Big Pharma’s right to “free speech” trumps my right to privacy. How getting access to my prescribi...

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Hyaluronic acid fillers feature key differences, but perform similarly
Many physicians don't understand the key characteristics that differentiate currently available hyaluronic acid (HA) dermal fillers, says Derek H. Jones, M.D., clinical associate professor of dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles. (Source: Modern Medicine)

Museum Exhibit: Violence, Women, and Art
I stumbled upon the news of this exhibit when I visited the CDC’s website and clicked on the button  “CDC Museum.”    Did you know the CDC had a museum?  Well, I don’t think I was aware of it. This exhibit opened June 6th and will run through September 9, 2011 at the CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum.  The exhibit, Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art, focuses on the prevention of violence against women.  (photo credit) The work of 28 contemporary artists from 24 countries is presented.  The art works address the issues of violence against women and girls around the world and their basic human rights to a safe and secure life. Among the artists featured in Off the Beaten Path are: Yoko Ono (Japan), Louise Bourgeois (France), Wang...

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Local tolerance of intraarticular administration of lornoxicam into the rabbit knee joint
Abstract  The local tolerability of lornoxicam (Xefo®) after single and repeated intraarticular administration was assessed in the rabbit and compared to established standard therapies (hyaluronic acid—Synvisc® and the glucocorticoid triamcinolone—Triam®), and the results are discussed in the context of the literature. Two local tolerance studies were performed using five male rabbits per group. Lornoxicam and competitor products were administered into the right knee joint in a volume of 500 Î¼L. The contralateral left knee joint of the same animal was used as the control and was injected with water for injection. Three out of five animals were killed 72 h after the last administration, whereas the remaining two animals were subjected to a 2- or 6-week recov...

Effects of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate on Cartilage Metabolism in OA: Outlook on Other Nutrient Partners Especially Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease that is characterized by increasing loss of cartilage, remodeling of the periarticular bone, and inflammation of the synovial membrane. Besides the common OA therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the treatment with chondroprotectives, such as glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, collagen hydrolysate, or nutrients, such as antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids is a promising therapeutic approach. Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated that the targeted administration of selected micronutrients leads to a more effective reduction of OA symptoms, with less adverse events. Their chondroprotective action can be explained by a dual mechanism: (1) as basic components of cartilage and synovial fluid...

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