Apr 29, 2010
Havel’s Inc. recently exhibited at the Annual Spring ASRA Meeting, in Toronto, Canada. Havel’s EchoStim® Insulated and EchoBlock® Non-Insulated needles for ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks have been available in Canada since April of 2009 from Canadian Hospital Specialties (CHS). The needles have been selling extremely well in Canada since the release and this was [...]
Apr 8, 2010
Patients aren’t necessarily getting the pain management they need or deserve due to physicians’ fear of prescription drug abuse or lack of information about new types of treatment for pain. Kathryn Hahn, chair of the Oregon Pain Management Commission, says that adequate pain treatment has always been a concern. Patients are encouraged to be more [...]
Apr 6, 2010
A recent study of Medicare patients suggests that chronic back pain is being treated with expensive and complex spinal fusion surgeries that can often lead to complications, which makes the endeavor even costlier. Read the entire article on the study here.