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When Blood Is a New Alternative Medicine for Pain Relief at Chula Pain Clinic

July 25, 2023 sarah JonasResearch Results

Chula Medicine researchers have successfully published an article on the injection of patient’s own platelets rich plasma into the shoulder ligaments resulting in pain reduction, heal torn ligaments and restore torn muscles as an alternative to surgery while reducing the side effects of prolonged use of pain medications.

Tulane scientists develop ‘living nerve circuit’ to fight opioid epidemic

September 21, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Michael J. Moore, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, is part of a national study that aims to turn around the statistics on opioid addiction.

HEALing Communities Strategy Fast-Tracked Due to COVID-19

May 14, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

When Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the early release of some Kentucky inmates due to COVID-19 concerns, the team behind the HEALing Communities Study worked quickly to fast-track one of the evidence-based practices for preventing opioid deaths that was due to launch later this year: the distribution of naloxone to individuals at highest risk for overdose, particularly those being released from local jails.