Sep 13, 2021

Pragmatic randomised clinical trials aim to directly inform clinical or health policy decision making. Here, we systematically review methods and design of pragmatic trials of pain therapies to examin...

Sep 06, 2021

Projection neurons of the spinal cord dorsal horn which transmit pain, itch and temperature information to the brain comprise the anterolateral system (AS). A recent molecular and genetic study showed...

Aug 30, 2021

Several reports suggest that illicit drug use may be a major cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) independently of smoking habits and associated with a poorer prognosis. The aim of our study was...

Aug 30, 2021

 The diagnosis of Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) headaches in the Emergency Department (ED) is frequent despite many specialist visits performed. The aim of the study was to examine specialist visits ...

Aug 30, 2021

Retinal migraine was first formally described in 1882. Various terms such as "ocular migraine" and "ophthalmic migraine" have since been used interchangeably in the literature. The lack of a consisten...

Aug 30, 2021

Headaches are frequently described in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) patients, but their mechanism remains unknown. Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) was involved in neuropathic noc...

Aug 30, 2021

Impaired physical functioning is one of the most critical consequences associated with fibromyalgia, especially when there is comorbid obesity. Psychological factors are known to contribute to perceiv...

Aug 30, 2021

: Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist commonly used to treat opioid and alcohol dependence. The use of low dose naltrexone (LDN) was found to have anti-inflammatory properties for treatment of...

Aug 30, 2021

The aim of the study was to assess gait pattern of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM) while performing demanding motor and/or cognitive dual tasks while walking. Further, idea was to explore po...

Aug 30, 2021

The present study investigated differences between opioids to experimental tonic pain in healthy men.Twenty-one males participated in this cross-over-trial. Interventions twice daily were oxycodone (1...

Aug 30, 2021

Endometriosis (ENDO) and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) are chronic pain conditions for which better treatments are urgently needed. Development of new therapies with proven clin...

Aug 30, 2021

Pain is a subjective experience with significant individual differences. Laboratory studies investigating pain thresholds and experimental acute pain have identified structural and functional neural c...

Aug 30, 2021

Psychosocial treatments for chronic pain produce favorable outcomes. However, we still do not know precisely by what mechanisms or techniques these outcomes are wrought. In secondary analyses of a 10-...

Aug 26, 2021

To analyze the feasibility of and pain-related tolerance to a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), and the relationship between the aerobic capacity and central sensitization (CS) in patients...

Aug 26, 2021

In view of postsynaptic density 95kDA (PSD95) tethers neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), the PSD95-nNOS complex represents a therapeutic target of neuropathic pain. ...

Aug 26, 2021

Uncontrolled inflammatory disease activity can impact pregnancy outcomes and the health of the mother and child. This retrospective claims database analysis assessed treatment patterns before, during,...

Aug 23, 2021

Mechanics and biology may be interconnected and amplify each other during disc degeneration. It remains unknown the influence of pre-existing disc degeneration and its impact on adjacent segment degen...

Aug 23, 2021

The polarization of macrophages plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis. The macrophages can have pro-inflammatory M1 polarization and various types of alternative anti-in...

Aug 19, 2021

United States veterans face an even greater risk of homelessness and associated medical conditions, mental health conditions, and fatal and nonfatal overdose as compared with nonveterans. Beginning 20...

Aug 19, 2021

The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB).A retrospective insti...