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Oxytocin modulates intrinsic neural activity in patients with chronic low back pain.

Feb 17, 2020

Modulation of pain perception by oxytocin (OXT) has attracted increased scientific and clinical interest. Neural mechanisms underlying these effects are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to i...

Phosphates in medications: Impact on Dialysis Patients


Feb 13, 2020

Maintaining phosphorus balance in in-center hemodialysis (ICHD) patients is problematic despite recommended dietary restriction, dialysis, and phosphate binder use. Rarely is P content in prescribed m...

A Randomized Trial to Evaluate OnabotulinumtoxinA for Prevention of Headaches in Adolescents With Chronic Migraine.

Feb 13, 2020

As a post-approval commitment, this dose-ranging study was undertaken to evaluate efficacy and safety of onabotulinumtoxinA in adolescents.In adolescents, migraine is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed...

Efficacy, Safety, and Acceptability of Pharmacologic Treatments for Pediatric Migraine Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.

Feb 13, 2020

Migraine is one of the most common neurologic disorders in children and adolescents. However, a quantitative comparison of multiple preventive pharmacologic treatments in the pediatric population is l...

Different doses of galcanezumab versus placebo in patients with migraine and cluster headache: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Feb 13, 2020

Galcanezumab is a novel monoclonal antibody that target to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). It has been tested for the preventive treatment of migraine and episodic cluster headache by multiple...

Reversible Lesion of the Corpus Callosum in a Patient With Migraine With Aura

Feb 13, 2020

To describe a patient with migraine with aura (MWA) who was found to have a reversible lesion of the corpus callosum.Reversible lesions of the splenium of the corpus callosum are well-described clin...

The relationship between exposure to hot/cold weather and the clinical features of headaches in patients with migraine and tension-type headaches.

Feb 13, 2020

: This study investigates the relationship between exposure to hot/cold weather and the characteristic clinical features of headaches in patients with migraine and tension-type headaches.: This cross-...

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): psychometric properties of the online Spanish version in a clinical sample with emotional disorders.

Feb 13, 2020

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) is the most widely and frequently used scale to assess positive and negative affect. The PANAS has been validated in several languages, and it has sho...

Opioid Use in Fibromyalgia Continues Despite Guidelines That Do Not Support Its Efficacy or Risk

Feb 13, 2020

The aim of this cross-sectional study is to determine the prevalence of opioid use in a large sample of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and examine the factors associated with opioid prescription/use despi...

A review of the incidence and risk factors for fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain in population-based studies.

Feb 13, 2020

This review identified prospective cohort studies in the general population which showed incidence (23 papers) and risk factors (37 papers) for fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain. Median inciden...

Midterm Outcomes of Ultrasound-guided Local Treatment for Infrapatellar Saphenous Neuroma Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Feb 13, 2020

 While total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a reliable treatment for advanced knee arthritis, up to 19% of patients after TKA remain dissatisfied, especially with residual pain. A less known source of me...

Neuroendocrine Effects of Naltrexone Versus Nalmefene

Feb 13, 2020

Naltrexone and nalmefene are approved for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, in different countries. Naltrexone is also approved for the treatment for opioid use disorders, most recently in a dep...

Quantitative proteomic analysis of the central amygdala in neuropathic pain model rats.

Feb 13, 2020

Pain and emotional distress have a reciprocal relation. The amygdala has been implicated in emotional processing. The central nucleus of amygdala (CeA) receives nociceptive information from the dorsal...

Estimating the impact of wide scale uptake of screening and medications for opioid use disorder in US prisons and jails.

Feb 13, 2020

Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are the most effective treatment for OUD, but uptake of these life-saving medications has been extremely limited in US prisons and jail settings, and limited ...

Trajectories of Retention in Opioid Agonist Therapy

Feb 13, 2020

Long-term engagement in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has been consistently associated with reduced risk for morbidity and mortality in people with opioid use disorder (OUD). However, the dynamic natur...

The effect of saffron supplement on clinical outcomes and metabolic profiles in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Feb 13, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disease. Our study aimed to determine the effect of saffron supplement on clinical outcomes and metabolic profiles in patients with ...

Vitamin D in Autoimmune Bullous Disease

Feb 13, 2020

Numerous epidemiological studies have suggested a link between vitamin D deficiency and the development of various autoimmune diseases, including diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, inflam...

Psychosocial Factors Associated with Sleep Quality and Duration Among Older Adults with Chronic Pain.

Feb 13, 2020

Sleep complaints are common among older adults with chronic pain. Because of the risk of significant side effects, sleep medications are not recommended as first-line treatments. Little is known about...

Original Research: Arthritis-Related Functional Limitations and Inadequate Physical Activity Among Female Adult Cancer Survivors.

Feb 13, 2020

The American Cancer Society (ACS) Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention recommend an adequate level of physical activity for cancer prevention and survivorship. Many adul...

Immunomodulatory benefits of mesenchymal stem cells treated with Caffeine in adjuvant-induced arthritis.

Feb 13, 2020

We intend to assess the effect of the conditioned medium of Caffeine pulsed MSCS in the amelioration of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-afflicted rats.MSCs were incubated with 0, 0.1, 0.5 or 1 mM Caffeine...

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