Fibromyalgia syndrome—a debilitating condition that inflicts widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and tenderness throughout all the tissues of the body—is an enigmatic and controversial disorder.

In a first-of-its-kind study published in the November 2008 Foot & Ankle International, the official journal of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), the expectation of orthopaedic post-operative pain was directly correlated with the actual incidence of pain following foot and ankle surgery. The lead author, AOFAS member Loretta B.

BRISTOL, Tenn.----King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported results from its Phase III 12-month open-label safety and efficacy study evaluating EMBEDA™ Extended Release Capsules. The results were presented in a poster session at the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s 25th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI.

HELEN OUTLAND MOREHEAD CITY — A city man faces drug charges after detectives from the County Sheriff’s Department and Beaufort Police Department report they made a controlled drug purchase Tuesday at his residence.

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit federal judge has sentenced a U.S. Army veteran to 2 1/2 years in prison for selling the prescription drug fentanyl that killed an Ortonville sailor.

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Dear Dr. Gott: For the past several months I have been experiencing burning sensations in different areas of my body. They may occur on the top of my foot, near my shoulder, the back of my hand, chest or other areas. I went to my nurse practitioner, who wasn't sure what was causing this.

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Two murder trials, an attempted murder trial and an aggravated assault trial that all involve current or former University of Montana students are set to begin this spring.  First to see the courtroom will be former Grizzly player James Leon “Jimmy” Wilson, who stands accused of the murder of Kevin Smoot in Lancaster, Calif., two-and-a-half years ago. Wilson’s fall trial ended in a hung jury ...

A Panhandle doctor was sentenced this week to 24 years and four months in prison after conviction on charges that he overprescribed narcotics, including morphine, oxycodone and fentanyl.