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Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction trial finds that ACE inhibitors prevent progressive maladaptive changes in LV structure and function.

For the families of heart failure patients, caregiving is a significant burden that, until recently, has not been examined.

When it comes to treating heart failure, what works for a young male may not work for an elderly woman, according to new HFSA guidelines.

New research looks at the use of dyspnea in predicting outcomes, cognitive patterns in chronic heart failure, and the incidence of ICD shocks.

The diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases like heart failure needs to start long before the patient presents with symptoms.

Genetic diversity in great apes compares to our own genetic make-up, and contributes to similarities and differences in disease risk, including CVD.

New answers are emerging to help shed light on the complex relationship between renal function and heart failure.

In June, the HFSA published the 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline, with a key focus on recommendations for hypertension and heart failure.

One of the key issues in the treating elderly patients with HF is assessing and managing frailty--an issue many cardiologists don't hear much about.

Knowing your patient is always the best way to the right treatment --particularly for military patients, who bring unique clinical challenges.

Giordano highlights issues in pain medicine that leave patient populations vulnerable.

Dissimilar pharmacokinetics make blood and urine testing useful for different purposes in compliance monitoring.

Geralyn Datz, PhD, discusses strategies for optimizing medical adherence.

Paul J. Christo, MD provides an overview of the prevalence of pain in older adults while discussing physiological age-associated changes in pain processing.

Rebecca Curtis, ACC, discussed the stages of change associated with transforming helpless patients to empowered survivors.

There are many conscious and unconscious factors that affect clinicians' reactions to patients suffering with pain.

Rebecca Curtis, ACC, shares her experience as a chronic pain patient in accepting her condition and moving on with life.

Philip Getson, DO, takes an in-depth look at a condition that is as difficult to treat as it is to diagnose, tackling many myths about CRPS along the way.

The grief and experience of loss felt by many patients is an often overlooked component of chronic pain.

Session reviewed common pitfalls and questions to consider for physicians looking into the dispensary business.

This session provided insight into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy while challenging the audience to achieve a state of mindfulness for patients & themselves.

Session covered the wide range of methods drug seekers use and ways that pain management professionals can combat diversion, one patient at a time.

Besides the immediate impact of improperly treated pain, children can experience long-Lasting consequences.

Effective chronic pain management requires a structured approach to evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Mary Lynn McPherson gave attendees some poignant reminders about methadone treatment in a lively, entertaining, and informative session.

For those treating pediatric patients, the task of identifying symptoms and measuring the levels of pain being experienced is a bit more complicated.

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Though not typically their favorite part of practicing, pain medicine practitioners need to be on top of legal and regulatory requirements.

"Unrecognized health care problem" presents complex challenges for both surgeons and primary care physicians seeing patients after surgery.

Clinicians in all settings can teach their patients to use relaxation, meditation and other techniques to achieve relief from chronic pain conditions.