Nov 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A California judge has ruled against local governments that sued drug companies for billions of dollars to recover their costs of dealing with the opioid ep...

Nov 03, 2021

TUESDAY, Nov. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with chronic pain conditions receiving long-term opioid therapy, a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention produces modest, but sustained, ...

Nov 01, 2021

More than 50 years ago, Melzack and Wall proposed the gate control theory of pain inhibition,1 opening the door to the development of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as an intervention designed to reduc...

Oct 31, 2021

FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- At five years, symptom severity does not differ, but rates of subsequent surgical treatment are lower in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome recei...

Oct 16, 2021

FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2015 to 2019, the prevalence of buprenorphine misuse trended downward, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in JAMA Network Open.Beth Han, M.D.,...

Oct 13, 2021

TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Administering oral acetaminophen to all pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy during the preoperative admission process reduces intravenous acetaminoph...

Oct 13, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Integrating intraoperative electroauricular acupuncture is feasible for minimizing postoperative opioid usage among patients undergoing total knee arthropl...

Oct 09, 2021

FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Osmophobia is prevalent among patients with different migraine subtypes, and it also occurs in some patients with tension-type headaches, according to a study ...

Oct 09, 2021

FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Almost one-quarter of U.S. adults report arthritis, according to research published in the Oct. 8 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Oct 01, 2021

FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic back pain, psychological treatment may provide substantial and durable pain relief, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in...

Sep 30, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- By notifying pharmacy staff about discontinued prescriptions, providers and staff at health systems may contribute to medication safety, according to a st...

Sep 23, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have an increased risk for prescription opioid use and misuse, according to a study published i...

Sep 21, 2021

TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. Food and Drug Administration applications that went through multiple review cycles because the evidence for clinical efficacy was initially deemed ...

Sep 21, 2021

MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 15.5 million U.S. adults younger than 65 years went without medication due to high drug costs, according to the results of a survey released by ...

Sep 18, 2021

FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep disturbance in older adults is associated with physical pain and depression, according to a study published online Sept. 8 in the Journal of Clinical N...

Sep 17, 2021

Recommendation weak, but based on numerous systematic reviews of the literature For patients with chronic pain in whom standard care is insufficient, physicians may consider trying non-inhaled medica...

Sep 17, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual reality can decrease pain and anxiety in children undergoing intravenous catheter placement, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in JAMA ...

Sep 16, 2021

The connection between using methamphetamines—or “meth” or “crystal”—and non‐ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure (HF) has received little attention, even though evidence suggests a...

Sep 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients frequently do administrative tasks that can create burdens resulting in delayed or foregone care, according to a study published online Sept. 8 i...

Sep 15, 2021

Although opioid prescribing and opioid overdose are very important topics in pain management medicine, there are not enough pain management specialists to handle all the patients in need. For a paper ...