Aug 13, 2020

Mechanical pleurodesis can prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax but is associated with significant postoperative pain. Adequate pain control is not only beneficial for patient comfort but al...

Aug 13, 2020

Although opioid withdrawal ratings are frequently used as primary outcomes for therapeutic trials, there has been limited empirical examination of opioid withdrawal symptom onset or etiology as an out...

Aug 13, 2020

In August 2017, a group of activists erected in Ottawa's downtown a tent as a first overdose prevention site as a response to what the public and the activists perceived as an epidemic-a devastating w...

Aug 13, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented increased usage of Personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare-workers. PPE usage causes headache in majority of users. We evaluated changes in...

Aug 13, 2020

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychological intervention that involves development of coping strategies to reduce the experience of pain. Although CBT is a promising intervention to reduce h...

Aug 13, 2020

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate potential changes in brain morphology (cortical thickness and cortical/subcortical volume) accompanying a series of sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) blo...

Aug 13, 2020

Many factors are known to affect assay sensitivity; however, limited attention has been devoted to understanding whether characteristics of patients' baseline pain impact assay sensitivity. In this st...

Aug 13, 2020

Fibromyalgia is a common and challenging chronic pain disorder with few, if any, highly effective and well tolerated treatments. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is a non-sedating antioxidant with evidence of ...

Aug 13, 2020

Fibromyalgia pain is a mysterious clinical pain syndrome, characterized by inflammation in the brain, whose molecular mechanisms are still unknown. Females are more commonly affected by fibromyalgia, ...

Aug 13, 2020

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) is now recognized as an endogenous signaling gasotransmitter in mammals. It is produced by mammalian cells and tissues by various enzymes - predominantly cystathionine β-synthas...

Aug 13, 2020

Palmitic acid-modified bovine serum albumin (PAB) was synthetized and found to own remarkable scavenger receptor-A (SR-A) targeting ability in vitro and in vivo, through which activated macrophages to...

Aug 10, 2020

The rate of infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs (PWID) has been rapidly increasing in recent years, explains Michael Silverman, MD. Dr. Silverman and colleagues hypothesized that th...

Aug 10, 2020

A dosimetry evaluation model for treatment planning of esophageal radiation therapy is developed using a deep learning model. The model predicts dose volume histogram (DVH) from distance to target vol...

Aug 10, 2020

The present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate possible association between Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Apical Periodontitis (AP).In table one it is mentioned 48 patients diagnosed with RA w...

Aug 10, 2020

Tofacitinib is an oral, small molecule Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). Here, we performed an integrated analysis of malignancy events from the tofacitinib phase 3 ...

Aug 10, 2020

Ten kilohertz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is usually initiated in a single-bipolar configuration over the radiological reference point T9/T10 intervertebral disc space for neuropathic back and leg...

Aug 10, 2020

Opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) is being implemented in breast surgery due to increased awareness of adverse effects and the national opioid crisis. The objective of this study was to examine the effect ...

Aug 10, 2020

There is an increasing number of children with in utero exposure to opioids. Knowledge about opioid safety in pregnancy, particularly for outcomes later in childhood is scarce. It has been suggested t...

Aug 10, 2020

Opioid prescribing by dentists for older patients receiving medications with potential contraindications and the subsequent impact on acute care outcomes is not well described.Our objective was to eva...

Aug 10, 2020

Auriculotemporal nerve is demonstrated to contribute to migraine pain in temporal area. In particular, its relationship with the superficial temporal artery in the soft tissues superficial to the temp...