Jan 03, 2024

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions after cesarean delivery reduces the median morphine milligram equivalents prescribed at discharge, according...

Dec 28, 2023

The following is a summary of “Social cues influence perception of others’ pain,” published in the December 2023 issue of Pain by Zhang et al. While understanding others’ pain matters d...

Dec 28, 2023

The following is a summary of “A rapid systematic review of breakthrough pain definitions and descriptions,” published in the December 2023 issue of Pain by Greenfield et al. Despite 30 yea...

Dec 28, 2023

The following is a summary of “Problem of Pain in Rheumatology: Variations in Case Definitions Derived From Chronic Pain Phenotyping Algorithms Using Electronic Health Records,” published in the D...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of U.S. medical interns report experiencing sexual harassment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Network O...

Dec 26, 2023

The following is a summary of “Sex-disparities in chest pain workup: a retrospective cohort review of a university based clinical decision pathway,” published in the December 2023 issue of Cardiol...

Dec 26, 2023

The following is a summary of “Importance of context (placebo effects) in conservative interventions for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials,�...

Dec 26, 2023

The following is a summary of “Long-term postoperative opioid use in orthopaedic patients,” published in the December 2023 issue of Pain by Melis et al. Prior studies using prescription dat...

Dec 26, 2023

The following is a summary of “A two-component model of hair cortisol concentration in fibromyalgia: Independent effects of pain chronicity and severity,” published in the December 2023 issue of P...

Dec 25, 2023

FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for reporting chronic painful disorders rises with increasing numbers of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), according to a review published onlin...

Dec 25, 2023

FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with migraine, simvastatin, calcitonin gene-related peptide pathway antibodies (CGRPabs), and amitriptyline have a favorable effect compared wit...

Dec 22, 2023

The following is a summary of “Efficacy, acceptability and safety of acceptance and commitment therapy for fibromyalgia – a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the December 2023 i...

Dec 22, 2023

The following is a summary of “Intravenous S-ketamine’s analgesic efficacy in third molar surgery. A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial,” published in the December 2023 is...

Dec 22, 2023

THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind test -- the AvertD test -- that uses DNA swabbed from a patient's cheek to determine...

Dec 21, 2023

The following is a summary of “Pain assessment in women with or without endometriosis during the IVF process: a prospective study,” published in the November 2023 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecolog...

Dec 19, 2023

MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Younger age, being opioid-naïve, and a lower discharge pain score are associated with low or no postoperative opioid use, according to a study published onli...

Dec 19, 2023

MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic disparities are seen in use of hospice among Medicaid recipients, according to a study published online Dec. 8 in JAMA Health Forum.Ju...

Dec 15, 2023

The following is a summary of “Influence of central aspects of pain on self-management in people with chronic low back pain,” published in the December 2023 issue of Primary Care by Georgopoulos e...

Dec 14, 2023

The following is a summary of “Placebo analgesia in physical and psychological interventions: Systematic review and meta-analysis of three-armed trials,” published in the November 2023 issue of Pa...

Dec 13, 2023

The following is a summary of “Correlation between migraine and cerebral small vessel disease: A case–control study,” published in the November 2023 issue of Pain by Zhang et al. Migraine...