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Pain Management

Pain Management Skills Class Aids Those With Chronic Low Back Pain

Aug 31, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A single-session pain management class results in clinically significant improvements in pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, and pain interference among ind...

Learning Environment Issues Tied to Medical School Burnout

Aug 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students who experience mistreatment and perceive a less favorable learning environment are more likely to develop higher levels of exhaustion and d...

State Limits on Initial Opioid Rx Duration May Influence Prescribing

Aug 26, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- State laws restricting the duration of initial opioid prescriptions are associated with changes in opioid prescribing, according to a research letter publi...

Poverty Tied to Worse Functional Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aug 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Worse functional status and increased probability of functional decline are seen for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with lower socioeconomic status ...

Pain, Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety Prevalent After MS Diagnosis

Aug 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pain, fatigue, depression, and anxiety are prevalent in the year following diagnosis with multiple sclerosis (MS)/clinically isolated syndrome, according to ...

Opioid Tapering Tied to Higher Risk for Overdose, Mental Health Crisis

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid tapering among long-term, higher-dose users is significantly associated with an increased risk for overdose and mental health crisis, according to a st...

Family Behind Oxycontin Denies Any Responsibility for Opioid Crisis

Aug 20, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The former president and co-chairman of Purdue Pharma said Wednesday that his family and the company bear no responsibility for the opioid crisis in the Uni...

Oral Atogepant Effective for Reducing Number of Migraine Days

Aug 19, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Once-daily oral atogepant is effective for reducing the number of migraine days during a period of 12 weeks, according to a study published in the Aug. 19 i...

Cannabis Use Lower in Cancer Survivors Than General Population

Aug 19, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survivors use cannabis at slightly lower rates than individuals without a history of cancer, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in Cancer...

Widespread Pain Tied to Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Stroke

Aug 18, 2021

TUESDAY, Aug. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Widespread pain, a common subtype of chronic pain, is associated with the subsequent risk for incident dementia, Alzheimer disease dementia, and stroke, acco...

Fifteen Headache-Day Threshold Does Not Capture Migraine Burden

Aug 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The use of 15 headache days/month as a threshold to distinguish episodic and chronic migraine does not capture the burden of illness, according to a study ...

Blacks Remain Underrepresented in U.S. Medical School Faculty

Aug 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 1990 to 2020, there were only minimal increases in the proportion of Black U.S. medical school faculty, according to a research letter published in th...

Almost Half of Pediatric Opioid Prescriptions Considered High-Risk

Aug 17, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of pediatric opioid prescriptions are considered high-risk by one or more metric, and high-volume prescribers write more than half of the prescrip...

Acupuncture Alleviates Chronic Prostatitis, Pelvic Pain in Men

Aug 17, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For men with moderate-to-severe chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), 20 sessions of acupuncture results in greater improvement of sympt...

Tinnitus & Subjective Hearing Loss More Common in Migraine

Aug 17, 2021

“Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the United States and can diminish one’s quality of life,” explains Hamid R. Djalilian, MD. “To date, there a...

Some Newer Antiseizure Meds May Not Increase Suicide Risk

Aug 13, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some newer antiseizure medications (ASMs) do not appear to increase suicidality in epilepsy, according to a review published online Aug. 2 in JAMA Neurology...

All HHS Health Care Workers Must Now Get COVID-19 Vaccines

Aug 13, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees who deal with patients, HHS Secretary Xavier Bece...

Muscle Function & Composition Linked With Knee Pain Trajectory

Aug 12, 2021

“For most patients, pain control remains unsatisfactory,” explains Feng Pan, PhD, MMed, MBBS. “The few pharmacologic analgesic options available have limited efficacy and carry a substantial ris...

Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Reminders Boost Uptake

Aug 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An individual email nudge can increase COVID-19 vaccination registration among health care workers, according to a research letter published online July 28...

Neck Pain With Migraine Not Necessarily Cervical Dysfunction

Aug 10, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Neck pain does not necessarily indicate cervical musculoskeletal dysfunction when present with migraine, according to a study recently published online in Head...

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