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NIH Workshop Focused on TMD and Overlapping Conditions
The focus of The TMJ Association’s (TMJA) last three scientific meetings has been on Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and pain conditions that a patient might get before or after being diagnosed with TMD. The recommendations from these meetings and ad…
Can Autoimmunity Cause Pain?
Immunity-Suppressing Drugs Often Relieve Pain Autoimmunity is a condition in which the body’s immune system turns against its own tissues. Pain Research Forum, a website for the pain research community, recently highlighted several studies suggesting t…
Are There Any Good Treatments for Jaw Arthritis?
Better Quality Studies Needed
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TMJ Disorders and Dizziness
New Research Links to TMJ Inflammation
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More Sophisticated Research
Since early days, TMJA has advocated for research to advance understanding of the TM joint, the most complex joint in the body, urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to put more effort into studies of basic anatomy and physiology, and of genet…
A Call to Action
A few weeks ago, we posted an opportunity to submit a public comment to the FDA in hopes of having an FDA meeting dedicated to TMD. Many of you responded, encouraged by the chance to voice your opinion. With sequestration threatening essential funds al…
A Call to Action
A few weeks ago, we posted an opportunity to submit a public comment to the FDA in hopes of having an FDA meeting dedicated to TMD. Many of you responded, encouraged by the chance to voice your opinion. With sequestration threatening essential funds al…
Caveat Emptor
“Caveat emptor,” Latin for buyer beware, should be your watchword if you are a TMD patient seeking information or advice through Internet forums. That is the conclusion drawn from an interesting study conducted by two Swiss investigators, D…
Voice Your Opinion Now: FDA to Consider 20 Disease Areas at Public Meetings
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), passed by the FDA in 1992 and renewed for the fifth time this year, aims to better utilize patient input to inform the drug research and approval process. Patients provide an essential perspective on th…
Potent Opiates Without Awful Side Effects?
A generation ago, scientists discovered that the nervous system produces its own morphine-like, pain-relieving substances—the endorphins—which latch onto receptors on the surface of selected nerve cells to initiate their analgesic action. T…
