Morphine is commonly used to treat bone pain associated with metastatic cancer, but research recently published in PAIN uncovered a mechanism by which chronic morphine use may increase bone loss and pain.

A review study by Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, MCCM, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS, professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, and Melody J. Glenn, MD, professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, found that there are no published clinical practice guidelines or consensus statements to guide decision making in patients admitted to the ICU who were receiving medications for opioid use disorder prior to admission.

Allopregnanolone, a regenerative therapeutic, has the potential to delay neurodegeneration in early Alzheimer's disease by promoting endogenous systems of renewal and repair, early clinical data show.

Toxoplasma gondii can live in just about any warm-blooded vertebrate, but it can't reproduce unless it's in its preferred home: the gut of a cat. In order to arrive at that destination, Toxo can make rodents lose their fear of felines. Some theories suggest it can also make humans more reckless. But not all scientists are convinced.

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Christine Childers draws from her past as a dance teacher in her research as she helps shape the future of physical therapy for an aging population.