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Pain Management

From the Physician Editor-in-Chief - Chronic Pain: We Need to Ask “Why?”

May 31, 2022

According to the CDC, there are approximately 50 million people in the US living in chronic pain. We all know about the opioid crisis, and this knowledge has done nothing to help alleviate pain many a...

Methods to Evaluate Vascular Function: Personalized Medicine

May 27, 2022

The gatekeeper of the blood arteries, the endothelium, is a very varied physical barrier that could produce vasoactive and protective mediators under physiological settings, according the authors of a...

Survey IDs Challenges of Health Care Environmental Hygiene

May 27, 2022

THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are considerable challenges associated with health care environmental hygiene (HEH) practices in health care facilities (HCFs) worldwide, according to ...

Persistent Opioid Use After Sarcoma Treatment Explored Among Youth

May 24, 2022

TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-three percent of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with sarcoma who were previously opioid-naive and use opioids during treatment have new persistent...

Lidocaine Infusions Beneficial for Refractory Chronic Migraine

May 24, 2022

TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lidocaine infusions seem beneficial for refractory chronic migraine, according to a study published online May 23 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.E...

Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination

May 23, 2022

MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mistreatment and discrimination by patients, families, and visitors are commonly experienced by physicians, according to a study published online May 19 in JAM...

Gabapentin May Cut Opioid Needs for Oral Mucositis Pain During RT

May 23, 2022

MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, higher doses of gabapentin are well tolerated and associa...

Burden of Medical Costs for Sickle Cell Disease Quantified

May 19, 2022

THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sickle cell disease (SCD) imposes a considerable burden in terms of overall and out-of-pocket medical costs, with the burden of costs peaking in young adulth...

Sleep Problems Not a Major Issue in Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 19, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep problems are not excessive in patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study recently published in RMD Open.Lauren Lyne, fro...

Increased Flexibility Seen in Preapproval Evidence for New Drugs

May 19, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The characteristics of acceptable preapproval evidence were more flexible for novel drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020, accordi...

Menopause Symptoms Correlate With Temporomandibular Disorder Pain

May 17, 2022

MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-induced pain and menopausal symptoms are correlated, according to a study published May 10 in Menopause.Alessandra Pucci Mante...

Mailed At-Home Disposal Kits Up Opioid Disposal Rates

May 11, 2022

TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mailed at-home disposal kits increase self-reported opioid disposal rates after common surgical procedures, according to a research letter published online Ma...

30.0 Million People of All Ages Uninsured in U.S. in 2021

May 06, 2022

THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In 2021, 30.0 million people of all ages were uninsured in the United States, representing a small, but not significant, decrease from 2020, according to earl...

AI Model Predicts Response to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain

May 06, 2022

THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A combined unsupervised and supervised machine learning (ML) technique can help predict long-term spinal cord stimulation (SCS) response for patients with chr...

Polygenic Risk Score for OA Predicts Risk for Hip, Knee Replacement

May 04, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for advanced knee and hip osteoarthritis are associated with the risk for knee and hip replacements, according to a study publis...

Fatty Tissue Transfer Benefits Arthritic Finger Joints

May 04, 2022

TUESDAY, May 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The transfer of fatty tissue to arthritic finger joints is a safe and promising alternative treatment to conventional surgical procedures, according to a study...

Effect of HF-Spinal Cord Stimulation on Chronic Pain Varies by Sex

May 04, 2022

TUESDAY, May 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- High-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) shows longer lasting pain relief than low-frequency (LF) SCS but with some sex-specific differences in effectiv...

Affirmative Action Bans Cut Percent of Underrepresented Med Students

May 03, 2022

MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- State affirmative action bans are associated with a reduction in the percentage of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups at U.S. public medica...

Sexual Minority Students Perceive Medical School Less Favorably

Apr 29, 2022

FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with heterosexual students, sexual minority (SM) students have less favorable perceptions of the medical school learning environment, according to a...

Hospital Outcomes Worse With Suboptimal Treatment of Hypothyroidism

Apr 28, 2022

THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Suboptimal treatment of hypothyroidism is associated with worse hospital outcomes, according to a study published online April 26 in the Journal of Clinica...

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