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Pain Management

FDA Approves Pill with Sensor that Digitally Tracks if Patients have Ingested their Medication

Nov 14, 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) has an ingestible sensor emb...

3D Printing Shows Talocalcaneal Joint Very Well!

Oct 19, 2017

A surgical resident used the above 3D-printed calcaneal fracture to gain more insight in the fracture pattern during preoperative evaluation. Using this 3D printed model, the surgical resident was abl...

New Vaccine Could Someday Fight the Effects of Opioid Combinations

Aug 23, 2017

Substance abuse is a continuing problem in the U.S., particularly with heroin and other opioids, to the point of being an epidemic. Treatments exist, but far too often patients relapse with devastatin...

Drug Used to Combat Opioid Addiction is Being Underprescribed

Aug 09, 2017

A drug approved for private physicians to treat opioid addiction is being underprescribed, and a survey of addiction specialists suggests that many of them are not willing to increase their use of it,...

John Hopkins Study Confirms Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused

Aug 07, 2017

In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use of opioids prescribed to them after surgery, researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a substantial majority of patien...

Is Outpatient Care Quality Improving Over Time?

Aug 03, 2017

More than a decade ago, landmark studies found that adults in the United States only received slightly more than half of the recommended healthcare services they should receive. “Since that time, ef...

Older Adults Who Eat Yogurt Linked to Better Bone Health

Jul 18, 2017

The largest observational study to date of dairy intakes and bone and frailty measurements in older adults has found that increased yogurt consumption was associated with a higher hip bone density and...

The Overuse of NSAIDs

Jul 18, 2017

NSAIDs are some of the most common over-the-counter (OTC) medications available and include aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. In general, these medicines are safe and carry little danger to users from...

A Closer Look at Leftover Pain Drugs

Jul 14, 2017

Throughout the United States, the rates of prescription pain drug addiction and death continue to increase, placing a substantial burden on the nation’s healthcare system. This problem persists desp...

Meditation Could be a Cheaper Alternative to Traditional Pain Medication, Study Suggests

Jun 28, 2017

Just ten minutes of mindfulness meditation could be used as an alternative to painkillers, according to research by Leeds Beckett University. Results of the study suggest that a single ten-minu...

Reducing Opioid-Related Visits

Jun 26, 2017

Unintentional overdose involving opioids has become a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. “Notwithstanding, several interventions promoted to address opioid-related morbidity...

Researchers Develop Game Changing Strategy for Pain Relief

Jun 15, 2017

Researchers from Monash University have developed a new drug delivery strategy able to block pain within the nerve cells, in what could be a major development of an immediate and long lasting treatmen...

Surgery & Opioid Dependence Risk

May 30, 2017

Throughout the United States, the chronic use of opioids continues to be a substantial burden to the healthcare system in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic costs. Studies show that the U.S. ...

What Parents Need to do with Their Children's Leftover Pain Medicine

May 25, 2017

Throughout the United States, the rates of prescription pain drug addiction and death continue to increase, placing a substantial burden on the nation’s healthcare system. This problem persists desp...

The Sound of Safety: Preferences and Perceptions of Music in the Operating Room

May 24, 2017

Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can benefit operative staff by improving their levels of physiologic stress and enhancing operative performanc...

Acute Treatments for Pediatric Migraine

May 12, 2017

According to recent estimates, about 250,000 children and adolescents present to the ED each year with a complaint of headaches. At the time when these patients present to the ED, most sufferers of th...

Urine Drug Tests: Effective for Uncovering Opioid Misuse But Easy To Cheat On

May 11, 2017

With America facing an opioid epidemic, the most effective diagnostic tool for uncovering misuse and abuse of opiates remains the urine-drug testing that numerous businesses and physicians rely on. ...

Comparing Back Pain Management Strategies

May 09, 2017

Chronic low back pain ranks as a leading cause of functional disability among adults in the United States. Despite numerous treatment options and increased resources being devoted to the medical care ...

Video - Warning: This Drug May Kill You

May 09, 2017

Told from the perspectives of four families devastated by opioid addiction, the HBO documentary Warning: This Drug May Kill You offers a harrowing, unflinching look at the deadly epidemic currently fa...

Opioid Abuse Drops When Doctors Check Patients' Drug History

May 02, 2017

There's a simple way to reduce the opioid epidemic gripping the country, according to new Cornell University research: Make doctors check their patients' previous prescriptions. The most significan...

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