Jun 01, 2023

While neuropathic pain may be difficult to diagnose, peripheral nerve surgeons now have many effective surgical options for treating nerve pain at its source. Seeing patients in the office who ...

May 31, 2023

TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Being physically active over time is associated with higher pain tolerance compared to being consistently sedentary, according to a study published online May...

May 31, 2023

TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Overall, 619 million people were affected by low back pain globally in 2020, and the number of prevalent cases is projected to continue increasing, according ...

May 24, 2023

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) is 30 percent less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for evaluating abdominal pain in the emergency department, accordi...

May 24, 2023

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD), the proportion of those initiating opioids for the first time who transition to long-te...

May 24, 2023

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The economic burden of health disparities in the United States is very high, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American...

May 19, 2023

FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of chronic pain is high among U.S. adults compared with other chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression, and hypertension, ...

May 19, 2023

FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Correlates of pain associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) include depression, age, sex, and employment status, according to a study published online May 18 ...

May 19, 2023

The following is a summary of "Music Therapy Intervention to Reduce Caregiver Distress at End of Life: A Feasibility Study," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Whitford, et al. ...

May 19, 2023

The following is a summary of "It's Hard Not to Have Regrets:” Qualitative Analysis of Decisional Regret in Bereaved Parents," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Feifer, et al. ...

May 18, 2023

WEDNESSDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medical school applicants coming from higher-income families have a greater likelihood of acceptance than those from low-income families, according to a re...

May 17, 2023

The following is a summary of "Massage Therapy for Hospitalized Patients Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Groninger et al....

May 17, 2023

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2022, 8.4 percent of people of all ages in the United States were uninsured, which was a reduction from 9.2 percent in 2021, according to early estimates f...

May 16, 2023

The following is a summary of "Patient-performed at-home surgical drain removal is safe and feasible following hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction," published in the FEBRUARY 2023 issue of...

May 16, 2023

MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of U.S. physicians (31.2 percent) in 2022 reported they had previously been sued, according to new research released by the American Medical A...

May 15, 2023

MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Specific subgroups of patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) experience greater benefit from peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) in terms of reduction i...

May 15, 2023

The following is a summary of "An Educational Intervention to Enhance Palliative Care Training at HBCUs," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Lyttle, et al. Given the decrease...

May 12, 2023

FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF), intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine (LB) infiltration is associat...

May 12, 2023

THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medical cannabis treatment may be associated with improvements in health-related quality of life for patients with a range of health conditions, according to...

May 12, 2023

THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual minority adults who identify as bisexual or "something else" have a significantly higher prevalence of chronic pain than gay/lesbian or straight adult...