Jul 30, 2024

A small number of surgical procedures, including orthopedic procedures and cesarean delivery, account for a large proportion of opioid prescriptions dispensed after surgery, according to a study in JA...

Jul 30, 2024

The following is a summary of “Relationship between sustained hamstring pain and reorganisation of somatosensory representations: a randomised, controlled study,” published in the July 2024 issue ...

Jul 30, 2024

The following is a summary of “Polymorphism Val158Met in the COMT gene: disrupted dopamine system in fibromyalgia patients?,” published in the June 2024 issue of Pain by Gerra et al. The si...

Jul 30, 2024

The following is a summary of “General practitioners' and community pharmacists' beliefs and practices on opioids for non-malignant pain,” published in the June 2024 issue of Pain by Koerkamp et a...

Jul 30, 2024

The following is a summary of “Profiles of Trauma Exposure Type and Its Associations With Pain-Related Outcomes Among Adults With Chronic Pain: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study,” published in the June ...

Jul 26, 2024

The following is a summary of “People with osteoarthritis have a higher component of neuropathic pain as compared to those with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study,” published in the Jul...

Jul 26, 2024

The following is a summary of “Pain in Parkinson disease: a deep phenotyping study,” published in the July 2024 issue of Pain by Salabasidou et al. Researchers conducted a retrospective stu...

Jul 26, 2024

The following is a summary of “Phenotyping peripheral neuropathies with and without pruritus: a cross-sectional multicenter study,” published in the June 2024 issue of Pain by Baka et al. P...

Jul 25, 2024

The following is a summary of “Unraveling the neuroimmune interface in chronic pain—the association between cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid and pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation or...

Jul 25, 2024

The following is a summary of “Chronic fatigue in the general population: Prevalence, natural course and associations with chronic pain (the HUNT pain study),” published in the June 2024 issue of ...

Jul 25, 2024

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately four in 10 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have anxiety, depression, or fibromyalgia, according to a study pu...

Jul 25, 2024

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A behavioral pain self-management intervention is effective for chronic pain in people living with HIV, according to a study published online July 15 in&n...

Jul 24, 2024

For older nursing home (NH) residents, use of CYP2D6-metabolized opioids concomitantly with CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants is associated with worsening pain and increased risk of opioid-related adv...

Jul 24, 2024

Physical activity may be particularly important to manage depression symptoms in people with greater osteoarthritis-related pain, according to a study published online July 18 in PLOS Global Public He...

Jul 23, 2024

Certain categories of environmental toxicants are associated with depressive symptoms, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study authors screened and assessed the associations bet...

Jul 23, 2024

For patients with opioid use disorder receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), eight weeks of acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture for reducing methadone dose and opioid craving, accord...

Jul 19, 2024

The following is a summary of “Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Integrated into Pants for the Relief of Postoperative Pain in Hip Surgery Patients: A Randomized Trial,” published in the...

Jul 19, 2024

The age-adjusted prevalence of arthritis varies by race and ethnicity, with higher prevalence seen among American Indian/Alaska Native adults, according to a study published in the July issue of Arthr...

Jul 19, 2024

THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Most reviews of the use of massage therapy for painful adult health conditions report low- or very low-certainty evidence, according to a review published ...

Jul 17, 2024

The following is a summary of “Virtual Reality for Postsurgical Pain Management: An explorative randomized controlled study,” published in the July 2024 issue of Surgery by Lier et al. Virt...