Harry J. Gould, III MD, PhD It has been more years than I care to admit since I graduated from medical school. As most of us have realized, with time, advances are made, with experience, skills are refined and as practitioners, we adapt to change and challenge and improve in our ability to care for patients. An unfortunate corollary to the essential fine-tuning of the evolving practitioner, especially in specialty […]
Lawrence Robbins, MD and Hanah Alley, MD (originally published in Medicine Connections, 2021 vol.1, issue 2: a journal of the World Headache Society) Abstract Introduction: This was a small open label study designed to determine efficacy of helminth egg therapy in refractory chronic migraine (RCM) patients. It is probable that the immune system is involved […]
Olivia Lee and Lawrence Robbins, MD Introduction to Bipolar Disorder The broadening concept of the bipolar spectrum has evolved over the years. We no longer view bipolar primarily as characterized by mania. Bipolar disorder is a chronic psychiatric illness that is broadly categorized in the DSM-V into several subtypes – bipolar I and bipolar II […]
Harry J. Gould, III MD, PhD
Once again, it is time to begin a brand new year. Since I stepped into the role of president of the Southern Pain Society, we as a society have experienced moments of promise with the release and early encouraging responses to vaccines to thwart the COVID-19 pandemic. These advances fostered the hope of resuming in person meetings, but the resurgence of the pandemic due to the delta variant dictated
With the FDA’s blessing in mid-December on the administration of vaccines for COVID-19 and subsequent indications of downward trends in the rate of infections, hospitalizations and deaths associated with the virus came a feeling that the worst of the pandemic was past and we were on a return path to recover normalcy…
Approximately 9.6% of Americans have a personality disorder.1,2 These are common conditions, and all medical professionals encounter patients with such disorders in their practice. Early identification of this group of patients is ideal. In the following we discuss how patients with these psychiatric conditions may present to an outpatient pain clinic…
Harry J. Gould, III, MD, PhD On June 26, 2021, Johnson & Johnson confirmed that in 2020, as part of a $230M settlement with the State of New York, they discontinued promotion and distribution of opioid products in the State of New York. The settlement was made in response to efforts to mitigate the unprecedented […]
Olivia Lee and Lawrence Robbins, MD Introduction Over 325 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in the United States, and much of the country is looking forward to a return to normalcy. For many, the widespread access to vaccines signaled the pandemic’s defeat, but for millions of COVID-19 survivors, the sequelae following acute […]
ANA2021’s Virtual Annual Meeting is set for October 17-19 with an Opening Symposium on October 16 and registration is now open! All full registrations include access to the ANA2021 Meeting Recordings package, ensuring you won’t miss out on the latest neurological research even if your schedule should change. Registration also includes complimentary access to the SIG Series […]
Harry J. Gould, III, MD, PhD Pain occurs in both acute and chronic forms. In its acute form, pain is a modality that is essential for survival and is the signal that most frequently brings people to the attention of the healthcare professional. Many cases of simple acute pain are readily treated without difficulty by […]