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Researchers explore epigenetic influences of chronic pain
• Pain • Jun 22 16
Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, disabling and expensive public health crises in the United States. It affects more than 100 million…
Researcher finds potential new source for pain inhibition
• Pain • Apr 04 16
A UT Dallas scientist has found a new neurological mechanism that appears to contribute to a reduction in pain.
According to Dr. Ted Price,…
Electrical stimulation of deep brain structures to ease chronic pain
• Brain • • Pain • Apr 04 16
Abuse of prescription opioid medicines used to treat chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions, so much that the White House has announced new efforts…
Better quality of care may reduce risk of death for patients on opioid painkillers
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • Feb 05 16
Better quality of care may reduce the risk of death for patients who are prescribed opioid painkillers for chronic pain, say Yale researchers. Their…
How to eliminate pain tied to tooth decay
• Dental Health • • Pain • Nov 17 15
Dual discoveries at USC propose a promising method to regrow nonliving hard tissue, lessening or even eliminating pain associated with tooth decay, which the…
Mental disorders as risk factors for chronic pain in teenagers
• Children's Health • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 08 15
One in four young people have experienced chronic pain and a mental disorder. According to a new report in the Journal of Pain, the…
Cannabis sativa vs cannabis indica
• Depression • • Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 29 15
Is all marijuana from a singles species, cannabis sativa? Or are there three distinct species: cannabis sativa, cannabis indica, and cannabis ruderalis?
Weed connoisseurs…
Canadian multicenter study examines safety of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 29 15
A Canadian research team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed…
Arabs or Jews, children who need pain relief in the ER get it
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Pain • Sep 03 15
Children with broken bones or joint dislocations in northern Israel emergency departments received equal pain treatment, regardless of their ethnicity or the ethnicity…
Intractable pain may find relief in tiny gold rods
• Pain • Aug 21 15
A team of scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) has developed a novel technique using tiny gold rods to target…
High-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia
• Arthritis • • Pain • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jul 14 15
Fibromyalgia is almost impossible to diagnose. The chronic pain syndrome strikes an estimated 1 in 70 Americans, most of them women. The disorder is…
Online tools can help manage pain
• Pain • Jun 27 15
People with chronic pain may be able to use online tools to manage their symptoms, lessening the need for frequent doctor visits, an Australian…
Prepare for Questions on Cannabis as an Analgesic
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 15
Physicians must become better prepared to answer patients’ questions about cannabis because its use in medicine is exploding, according to a leading researcher.
“It’s…
Subconscious learning shapes pain responses
• Pain • May 22 15
In a new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, researchers report that people can be conditioned to associate images with particular pain responses -…
Brain chemical may offer new clues in treating chronic pain
• Brain • • Pain • May 06 15
A chemical in the brain typically associated with cognition, movement and reward-motivation behavior—among others—may also play a role in promoting chronic pain, according to…
Montreal discovery could impact the study of chronic pain conditions
• Pain • Apr 22 15
Researchers at the IRCM led by Artur Kania, PhD, uncovered the critical role in pain processing of a gene associated with a rare disease.…
Backache - a matter of mechanics
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 22 15
Some say that back pain is the price we pay for walking upright. Others claim that the problem of back pain only really started…
Your pain reliever may also be diminishing your joy
• Pain • Apr 13 15
Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions.
In the study, participants…
Penn Medicine pain management study reveals patient confusion about opioid addiction
• Addiction • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 13 15
Emergency department patients have misperceptions about opioid dependence and want more information about their pain management options, according to a new study from…
Early physical therapy for low back pain reduces costs, resources
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 10 15
A study in the scientific journal BMC Health Services Research shows that early and guideline adherent physical therapy following an initial episode of acute,…
Easing the pain
• Pain • Apr 08 15
The combination of two well-known drugs will have unprecedented effects on pain management, says new research from Queen’s.
Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever,…
The Limits of Tylenol for Pain Relief
• Pain • Apr 05 15
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is widely recommended for the relief of back pain and the pain of knee and hip arthritis. But a systematic review of…
Phone counseling reduces pain, disability after back surgery
• Backache • • Pain • Apr 01 15
Research by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests that having a short series of phone conversations with trained counselors can substantially boost recovery and reduce pain…
PET/MR can effectively diagnose cause of unclear foot pain
• Pain • Mar 09 15
A single scan could diagnose the cause of foot pain better and with less radiation exposure to the patient than other methods, according to…
An alternative to medical marijuana for pain?
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 15
Medical marijuana is proliferating across the country due to the ability of cannabis ingestion to treat important clinical problems such as chronic pain. However,…