Psychological Determinants of Placebo Responders in Pain
A study examining psychological factors that predict the magnitude of placebo hypoalgesia and...
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Tracking Assessment Tool Supports Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care
Despite efforts to curb opioid use disorder (OUD), the epidemic continues to be a major national...
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Evolving Insights Into the Biology of Pain & Advances in Neuromodulation Technology Enable New Paradigms in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
More than 50 years ago, Melzack and Wall proposed the gate control theory of pain inhibition,1...
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Outpatient Pain Management Via Telementoring Proves Effective
Although opioid prescribing and opioid overdose are very important topics in pain management...
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Tinnitus & Subjective Hearing Loss More Common in Migraine
“Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the United...
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Muscle Function & Composition Linked With Knee Pain Trajectory
“For most patients, pain control remains unsatisfactory,” explains Feng Pan, PhD, MMed, MBBS. “The...
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The Link Between Pain Experience & Discrimination
“Discrimination negatively influences health and well-being in the general population, but its...
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Sensory Hypersensitivities in Migraine Significantly Impact Disability
“Migraine, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, is one of the leading causes of...
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Penile Pain in Men With Peyronie’s Disease: Identifying Prevalence & Predictors
Men with Peyronie’s disease (PD) typically present with complaints of penile deformity, but some...
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Recommendations for Dosing & Administering Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain
Despite a need for more robust evidence, many patients with chronic pain are being treated with...
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The Effects of Multimodal Analgesia in Critically Ill Patients With Burns
Pain from burn injuries can be challenging to treat and remains one of the most severe forms of...
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Assessing Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia in Patients With Burns
Postoperative pain has been shown in prior research to be a major challenge for patients with...
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24-Hr MQoLQ Instrument Proves Effective in Assessing Migraine Burden
“Migraine attacks can be severely burdensome, intensely painful, and debilitating, often...
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Anxiety, Depression, & Chronic Pancreatitis
Psychiatric comorbidities are prevalent in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and associated...
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Migraine
“Among the limited treatment options for patients with migraine, many of those used as...
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Vets With Pain-PTSD Comorbidity Showed Worse Outcomes Than Those With Pain Alone
“There are important reasons to study chronic pain and PTSD together,” says Matthew J. Bair, MD,...
Read MoreTeens with chronic pain may find support on YouTube
By Manas Mishra (Reuters Health) – Teens with painful chronic illnesses may find that YouTube can provide a support network, a new study suggests. Comments on YouTube videos directed at youth with chronic pain were...
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Treating Fibromyalgia Pain With Lidocaine
Previous studies indicate that chronic pain, including fibromyalgia (FM), negatively impacts...
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Therapeutic Ultrasound for Chronic Neck & Low Back Pain
A multimodal approach is most often necessary to adequately manage chronic nonspecific neck pain...
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Reducing Unnecessary Opioids After Total Hip Arthroplasty
“There has been very little practical guidance on how to consistently implement reductions in...
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