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 The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), passed by the FDA in 1992 and renewed for the fifth time this year, aims to better utilize patient input to inform the drug research and approval process. Patients provide an essential perspective on th…

A generation ago, scientists discovered that the nervous system produces its own morphine-like, pain-relieving substances—the endorphins—which latch onto receptors on the surface of selected nerve cells to initiate their analgesic action. T…

A generation ago, scientists discovered that the nervous system produces its own morphine-like, pain-relieving substances—the endorphins—which latch onto receptors on the surface of selected nerve cells to initiate their analgesic action. T…

A Resource Guide for Temporomandibular Disorders
This publication by The TMJ Association is available as a PDF on our website, www.tmj.org. You may also request hard copies by mail. We encourage you to share this brochure with your friends, health car…

What is Magnesium?
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has been awarded a $16 million grant by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research over five years for the continuation of clinical pain research begun as the OPPERA study (Orofacial…

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In this review, the author used PubMed to search the literature for studies involvling the use of botulinum toxin for treating myofascial (muscle) pain. Included in the review were open-label studies, single-blinded and double-blinded studies, randomiz…

A recent systematic review conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration finds insufficient evidence to support or refute the removal of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth. An impacted wisdom tooth is called trouble-free, (disease free or asymptomatic) if th…

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have written to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Francis Collins, to commend the upcoming NIH Workshop on Chronic Overlapping Conditions (includ…

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