Allergan Partner Hits Snag in Clinical Trial for Dry Eye (Orange County Business Journal)

A dry eye drug that’s being co-developed by Irvine-based Allergan Inc. faces an uncertain future after failing yet another clinical trial.

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Santa Maria couple seeks help for unborn son (The Lompoc Record)

Isaac Hoyos has heart, kidney and spinal problems.

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Competitive sports tied to teens’ back pain (Reuters)

Reuters – Years of competitive sports may raise teenagers’ risk of developing lower back pain, a new study finds.

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Free workshop for chronic back pain sufferers (Fort Myers Beach Bulletin & Observer)

A Free Workshop for Chronic Back Pain Sufferers will be offered Tuesday, Feb.

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Unborn child earning ‘little victories’ (Santa Maria Times)

Isaac Hoyos has heart, kidney and spinal problems.

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Experimental vaccine works against Chikungunya (Reuters)

Reuters – An experimental vaccine works against the newly spreading Chikungunya virus, at least in monkeys, and the approach may also work against other exotic viruses, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.

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Health Highlights: Jan. 28, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

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Spinal Stretch Receives Endorsement from Spine Surgeon Charles Burton, M.D. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Spinal Stretch, a new device for relieving low back pain, has been endorsed by Charles Burton, M.D., a noted spine neurosurgeon and a former Chairman of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Advisory Panel on Neurological Devices.

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Health news in brief (Naples Daily News)

Here is this week’s health news from across Southwest Florida:H1N1 vaccineCollier County Health Department is offering the H1N1 vaccine to anyone who is interested from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Opiate painkillers raise fracture risk (Reuters)

Reuters – Older adults who take powerful prescription painkillers known as opioids face an increased risk of bone fractures, especially at moderately high medication doses, a new study finds.

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