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Therapeutic Ultrasound for Chronic Neck & Low Back Pain

Aug 21, 2020

A multimodal approach is most often necessary to adequately manage chronic nonspecific neck pain and low back pain (LBP). The treatment plan may include medications with differing sites of action, phy...

Joint effect of diabetes and opiate use on all-cause and cause-specific mortality: the Golestan cohort study.

Aug 20, 2020

Many diabetic individuals use prescription and non-prescription opioids and opiates. We aimed to investigate the joint effect of diabetes and opiate use on all-cause and cause-specific mortality.Goles...

Cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicine for pain management: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Aug 20, 2020

Cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicines (CBMs) are increasingly used to manage pain, with limited understanding of their efficacy and safety. We summarised efficacy and adverse events (AE...

Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain From Non-Low Back, Musculoskeletal Injuries in Adults: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Aug 20, 2020

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management ...

Management of Acute Pain From Non-Low Back Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials.

Aug 20, 2020

Patients and clinicians can choose from several treatment options to address acute pain from non-low back musculoskeletal injuries.To assess the comparative effectiveness of outpatient treatments for ...

Comparing perspectives on medication treatment for opioid use disorder between national samples of primary care trainee physicians and attending physicians.

Aug 20, 2020

Most people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are not treated with FDA-approved medications methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone. Expanding capacity for evidence-based OUD medication in primary care i...

Peripheral, Interictal Serum S100B Levels are Not Increased in Chronic Migraine Patients.

Aug 20, 2020

The trigemino-vascular system (TVS) plays a key role in migraine pathophysiology. Glial cells are abundant in the TVS system and mainly in the trigeminal ganglion. S100B protein is a calcium-binding p...

Effect of K channel blocker glibenclamide on levcromakalim-induced headache.

Aug 20, 2020

Administration of ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener levcromakalim triggers headache in healthy volunteers and migraine attacks in migraine patients. Here, we investigated the effect of ATP-sensit...

Differential medication overuse risk of novel anti-migraine therapeutics.

Aug 20, 2020

Medication overuse headache is estimated to affect 2% of the population, and is ranked in the top 20 most disabling disorders due to its high level of disability. Several therapies used in the treatme...

Psychological interventions for depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Iranian chronic pain trials.

Aug 20, 2020

Chronic pain is commonly associated with anxiety and depression, making it more challenging to be managed. Psychological interventions are suggested for such complicated issues which are well evident...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders are increased in joint hypermobility-related disorders with concomitant postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Aug 20, 2020

Individuals with hypermobility spectrum disorders/hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (HSD/hEDS) frequently fulfill criteria for Rome IV functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). Postural orthosta...

Impact of Comorbidities on Disease Activity, Patient Global Assessment, and Function in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aug 20, 2020

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of comorbidities on disease activity, patient's impact of the disease, patient global assessment, and function in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).Consecutive...

De novo transcriptomic and proteomic analysis and potential toxin screening of Mesobuthus martensii samples from four different provinces.

Aug 20, 2020

As well-known medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine, scorpions, commonly called as Quanxie () in Chinese, have been widely used to treat several diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ap...

Porcine soluble CD83 alleviates LPS-induced abortion in mice by promoting Th2 cytokine production, Treg cell generation and trophoblast invasion.

Aug 20, 2020

CD83, either in its membrance-bound form (mCD83) or soluble form (sCD83), is an important immunomodulatory molecule in humans and mice. While mCD83 is immunostimulatory, sCD83 exhibits striking immuno...

A comprehensive review on miR-146a molecular mechanisms in a wide spectrum of immune and non-immune inflammatory diseases.

Aug 20, 2020

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-strand endogenous and non-coding RNA molecules with a length of about 22 nucleotides, which regulate genes expression, through modulating the translation and stability of...

Reducing Unnecessary Opioids After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Aug 19, 2020

“There has been very little practical guidance on how to consistently implement reductions in prescribed doses, how to safely taper opioids after surgery, and how to personalize opioid prescribing t...

COVID-19 and Hospital Palliative Care - A service evaluation exploring the symptoms and outcomes of 186 patients and the impact of the pandemic on specialist Hospital Palliative Care.

Aug 17, 2020

Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 have increased morbidity and mortality, which requires extensive involvement of specialist Hospital Palliative Care Teams. Evaluating the response to the surge in d...

Long-term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up of dogs with osseous-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy.

Aug 17, 2020

Osseous-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy (OA-CSM) is a complex disorder with limited long-term survival. The longitudinal progression is currently unknown.To describe changes on magnetic resonan...

Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: an overview of epidemiology, pathogenesis and management.

Aug 17, 2020

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) accounts for the major cause of morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, little is known of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of RA-associ...

Effect of an Inactivated Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 on Safety and Immunogenicity Outcomes: Interim Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials.

Aug 17, 2020

A vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is urgently needed.To evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational inactivated whole-virus COVID-19 vaccine in China.In the phase ...

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