Pain Management
Oct 19, 2023
The following is a summary of "Association of chronic pain with biomarkers of neurodegeneration, microglial activation and inflammation in the CSF and impaired cognitive function," published in the Oc...
Oct 18, 2023
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The drugstore chain Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due largely to competition and thousands of lawsuits for its role in allegedly filling unlaw...
Oct 18, 2023
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Implementation of opioid use disorder (OUD) screening in primary care does not increase the percentage of patients with a new OUD diagnosis in a clinically me...
Oct 18, 2023
TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Relaxing immersive virtual reality (VR) interventions are acceptable and feasible and can offer benefits to patients with cancer, according to a review publi...
Oct 16, 2023
The following is a summary of “Low-Volume Targeted Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block in the Emergency Department as a Safer Alternative for Pain Control for Glenohumeral Reduction: A Case Series,â€...
Oct 16, 2023
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in four genes are associated with chronic complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1), according to a study pub...
Oct 16, 2023
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A tentative deal has been reached between Kaiser Permanente and its 75,000 health care workers following a three-day strike last week."The frontline health ca...
Oct 13, 2023
The following is a summary of “Effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique in reducing cancer-related pain among palliative care patients: A randomized controlled trial,” published in...
Oct 12, 2023
The following is a summary of "Directed cutaneous neurectomy for cutaneous neuralgia," published in the SEPTEMBER 2023 issue of Surgery by Lucas, et al. Cutaneous neuralgia (CN), a condition ch...
Oct 11, 2023
The following is a summary of "Increased MRI-based Brain Age in chronic migraine patients," published in the October 2023 issue of Pain by Navarro-González et al. Neuroimaging studies have sho...
Oct 11, 2023
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. adolescents, there was a decrease in opioid prescription rates from 2015 to 2020 for nonsurgical indications, but opioid prescription rates associat...
Oct 10, 2023
The following is a summary of “Is post-traumatic stress disorder a risk factor for development of opioid use disorder among individuals with chronic non-cancer pain? A systematic review,” publishe...
Oct 09, 2023
The following is a summary of “Evaluating the feasibility of delivering a pain management programme for adults living with sickle cell disease,” published in the August 2023 issue of Pain by McLou...
Oct 09, 2023
The following is a summary of "Factors that affect pain management in adults diagnosed with acute appendicitis in the emergency department: A retrospective study," published in the September 2023 issu...
Oct 09, 2023
FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The physician burnout rate in the United States is increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Marcus V. Ortega, M.D., from M...
Oct 06, 2023
The following is a summary of “Subgrouping of facilitatory or inhibitory conditioned pain modulation responses in patients with chronic knee pain. Explorative analysis from a multicentre trial,” p...
Oct 05, 2023
The following is a summary of "Changes of migraine aura with advancing age of patients," published in the August 2023 issue of Headache and Pain by Scutelnic et al. The characteristics of migra...
Oct 05, 2023
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers who serve millions of Americans began a three-day strike on Wednesday after contract negotiations over staffing levels stalled.More than...
Oct 05, 2023
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Chatbots generate mostly accurate information to physician-developed medical queries, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in JAMA Network Open.Rach...
Oct 04, 2023
The following is a summary of “Serum tau protein elevation in migraine: a cross-sectional case–control study,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Overeem et al. Migraine is a ne...