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Reducing Opioid Overprescribing by Educating, Monitoring and Collaborating with Clinicians: A Quality Improvement Study.

May 28, 2020

Introduction Multiple barriers have been described for reducing opioid prescribing by primary care providers. We describe a quality improvement report on the effects of a series of focused interventio...

Can Headache Profile Predict Future Disability: A Cohort Study.

May 28, 2020

The aim of this study was to determine if headache profile can predict future disability in patients with TTH.Eighty-three patients with TTH were recruited. To be included in the study participants ne...

In-Depth Look at the Anatomical Relationship Between the Lesser Occipital Nerve, Greater Auricular Nerve, and Spinal Accessory Nerve and Their Implication in Safety of Operations in the Posterior Triangle of the Neck.

May 28, 2020

Migraine surgery is an increasingly popular treatment option for migraine patients. The lesser occipital nerve (LON) is a common trigger point for headache pathologies, but there is a paucity of resea...

Comparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

May 28, 2020

Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a disabling, globally prevalent disorder representing a well-known and debated clinical problem. Evidence for the most effective treatment strategy is needed.To co...

Fibromyalgia Self-Management: Mapping the behaviour change techniques used in a practice-based programme.

May 28, 2020

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex long-term condition associated with pain, fatigue and concentration difficulties. There is limited robust evidence for the effectiveness of pharmacological treatments fo...

Non-coding RNA regulators of diabetic polyneuropathy.

May 28, 2020

Diabetic polyneuropathy is a common and disturbing complication of diabetes mellitus, presenting patients and caregivers with a substantial disease burden. Emerging mechanisms which are underlying dia...

The therapeutic efficacy of Qigong exercise on the main symptoms of fibromyalgia: A pilot randomized clinical trial.

May 28, 2020

Some of the most debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) include widespread chronic pain, sleep disturbances, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Yet, there is a lack of effective self-manage...

Outcomes, Microbiology and Antimicrobial Usage in Pressure Ulcer-Related Pelvic Osteomyelitis: Messages for Clinical Practice.

May 28, 2020

: Pressure ulcer-related pelvic osteomyelitis is a relatively under-studied entity in the field of bone infection. We sought to add to the limited evidence base for managing this challenging syndrome....

Tripterygium Glycosides Combined with Leflunomide for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

May 28, 2020

To undertake an overview on the overall effects of Tripterygium glycosides (TG) combined with Leflunomide (LEF) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).We searched electronic databases from database establishme...

Non-surgical oral hygiene interventions on disease activity of Rheumatoid arthritis patients with periodontitis: A randomized controlled trial.

May 28, 2020

Periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis have similar epidemiology and pathophysiology. Understanding the interaction between these two diseases is vital in our settings. We set out to assess the effec...

A pain-induced tonic hypodopaminergic state augments phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.

May 28, 2020

Diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and chronic pain are characterized by altered mesolimbic dopaminergic neurotransmission. Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) infl...

Tanezumab for chronic low back pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled, phase 3 study of efficacy and safety.

May 28, 2020

This randomized, double-blind, Phase 3 study (56-week treatment; 24-week follow-up) assessed tanezumab in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and history of inadequate response to standard-of-c...

Effect of Doxycycline on Aneurysm Growth Among Patients With Small Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

May 28, 2020

Abdominal aortic aneurysms affect more than 3% of US older adults.To test whether doxycycline reduces the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm over 2 years as measured by maximum transverse diameter.Pa...

Effect of the His-Tag Location on Decapping Scavenger Enzymes and Their Hydrolytic Activity toward Cap Analogs.

May 28, 2020

Decapping scavenger enzymes (DcpSs) are important players in mRNA degradation machinery and conserved in eukaryotes. Importantly, human DcpS is the recognized target for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

Circulating sclerostin is associated with bone mineral density independent of HIV-serostatus.

May 28, 2020

Low bone mineral density (BMD) is commonly observed in people living with HIV (PLWH), however the cause for this BMD loss remains unclear. Sclerostin, a bone-derived antagonist to the Wnt/β-catenin-p...

Higher Serum CCN3 Is Associated with Disease Activity and Inflammatory Markers in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

May 28, 2020

Nephroblastoma overexpressed protein (NOV/CCN3), the early discovered member of the CCN family, has recently been suggested to be involved in a number of inflammatory processes, including wound healin...

The transition from acute to chronic pain: dynamic epigenetic reprogramming of the mouse prefrontal cortex up to one year following nerve injury.

May 26, 2020

Chronic pain is associated with persistent structural and functional changes throughout the neuroaxis, including in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The PFC is important in the integration of sensory, cog...

Interleukin-10 resolves pain hypersensitivity induced by cisplatin by reversing sensory neuron hyperexcitability.

May 26, 2020

Understanding the mechanisms that drive transition from acute to chronic pain is essential to identify new therapeutic targets. The importance of endogenous resolution pathways acting as a "brake" to ...

Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Current Opioid Misuse Measure among Adults with Chronic Pain and Opioid Use.

May 26, 2020

The opioid epidemic is a significant public health problem that is associated with overdose and death. The increase in opioid-related problems can largely be attributed to increases in opioid prescrip...

Exercise Induced Hypoalgesia is Impaired in Chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) with Both Aerobic and Isometric Exercise.

May 26, 2020

Exercise induced hypoalgesia (EIH) can be impaired in patients with chronic pain and may be dependent on exercise type. Factors predictive of EIH are not known. This study aimed to: (1) compare EIH in...

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