Pain Management
May 17, 2023
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2022, 8.4 percent of people of all ages in the United States were uninsured, which was a reduction from 9.2 percent in 2021, according to early estimates f...
May 16, 2023
The following is a summary of "Patient-performed at-home surgical drain removal is safe and feasible following hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction," published in the FEBRUARY 2023 issue of...
May 16, 2023
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of U.S. physicians (31.2 percent) in 2022 reported they had previously been sued, according to new research released by the American Medical A...
May 15, 2023
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Specific subgroups of patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) experience greater benefit from peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) in terms of reduction i...
May 15, 2023
The following is a summary of "An Educational Intervention to Enhance Palliative Care Training at HBCUs," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Lyttle, et al. Given the decrease...
May 12, 2023
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF), intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine (LB) infiltration is associat...
May 12, 2023
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medical cannabis treatment may be associated with improvements in health-related quality of life for patients with a range of health conditions, according to...
May 12, 2023
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual minority adults who identify as bisexual or "something else" have a significantly higher prevalence of chronic pain than gay/lesbian or straight adult...
May 12, 2023
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 1999 to 2018, there was a more than twofold increase in the number of cancer survivors reporting functional limitations, according to a research letter ...
May 11, 2023
The following is a summary of "Facilitators and Barriers to Recruiting Surgeons into Hospice and Palliative Medicine Training," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Salyer, et al. ...
May 10, 2023
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cemiplimab plus chemotherapy results in significant overall improvement in pain symptoms and delayed deterioration in cancer-related and lung cancer-specifi...
May 10, 2023
The following is a summary of "Systemic Opioids for Dyspnea in Cancer Patients: A Real-world Observational Study," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Yamaguchi, et al. System...
May 09, 2023
The following is a summary of "Prevalence, Severity, and Co-Occurrence of SPPADE Symptoms in 31,866 Patients With Cancer," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Kroenke, et al. ...
May 08, 2023
The following is a summary of "Just-in-Time Decision Making: Preliminary Findings of a Goals of Care Rapid Response Team," published in the APRIL 2023 issue of Pain Management by Zhukovsky, et al. ...
May 04, 2023
The following is a summary of "A World of Maximalist Medicine: Physician Perspectives on Palliative Care and End-of-life for Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension," published in the APRIL 2023...
May 04, 2023
WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with cerebral palsy (CP) are more likely to be exposed to opioids and for a longer duration than adults without CP, according to a study published onl...
May 04, 2023
WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medical cannabis is effective for pain relief in cancer, according to a study published online May 2 in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.Saro Aprikian, f...
May 03, 2023
The following is a summary of the "Effect of Observing High or Low Pain on the Development of Central Sensitization," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by Torta, et al. If ...
May 02, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Potential Misfortunes in ‘Making Sense’: A Cross-Sectional Study in People with Chronic Pain,” published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by McCr...
May 01, 2023
The following is a summary of "Lessons Learned from an Embedded Palliative Care Model in the Medical Intensive Care Unit," published in the APRIL 2023 issue of Pain Management by Mehta, et al. ...