Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

The majority of hospitals included in a recent analysis use reusable sharp containers, a practice that is linked to higher incidence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection.

Patients with chronic back and leg pain may be able to forgo the use of prescription painkillers thanks to a new treatment that has been shown to provide long-lasting analgesia.

Unless a vaccine is considered "perfect", it could be causing more harm than good.

Study results show that mood, whether positive or negative, may impact the discomfort associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Does timing really make an impact when it comes to treating back pain? A new study weighed in on the importance early initiation of therapy in this patient population.

With obesity on the rise, bringing with it an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions, food labels may soon get a facelift.

In just 15 minutes an Ebola fingerstick blood test can accurately determine whether a patient is infected with the virus, a team from the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium reported.

Merely being told that a treatment has analgesic effects may be all that a patient needs in order to experience pain relief, a new study suggested.

A proportion of patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are able to naturally control its progression – known as nonprogressors. While ‘how?' remains a primary question, a new discovery may be on the right track to explaining it.

Pain is prevalent in 63% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a recent study, and psychosocial factors may be key contributors to the severity of that pain.

With ticks becoming more active as temperatures rise, so does the risk of Lyme disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report revealing the increase of diagnoses over the past two decades in the US.

How does the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) escape the immune system's antiviral responses during the initial stage of infection? Canadian researchers may have the answer.

Medical marijuana is used to treat the symptoms of conditions such as cancer and multiple sclerosis, but now a different form of the drug has been found to have positive effects on broken bones.

A widely accessible medication commonly used to treat psychiatric disorders may also inhibit the damaging effects of osteoarthritis.

For the first time, disease-specific genetic changes have been connected with rheumatoid arthritis.

A dissolvable microneedle patch provides just as much protection against the flu as typical needle delivered vaccines, according to researchers from Osaka University.

While it was recently determined that endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER) plays an intricate role in neuropathic pain, a team from Hiroshima University has found another factor that contributes to pain.

Researchers have developed an effective Ebola vaccine that does not require a syringe or even trained health care workers.

Chronic pain is just one of many conditions that may be treated with an innovative stem cell-based therapy, according to researchers at Duke University.

When a drug treatment does not work as expected, it may be suspected that the patient did not take the prescription properly. However, a new study suggests that genetics may be to blame for some cases of disappointing medication performance in patients with HIV.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of Rexulti (brexpiprazole) as a treatment option for adults with schizophrenia or major depressive disorder (MDD).

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require manufacturers to update labels in order to red flag possible serious side effects associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

The ‘cup of joe' that 54% of American adults consume every day, according to a survey, has a surprising effect on the risk of disease.

Opioid analgesics are often prescribed to patients who suffer from chronic lower back pain; however, a new report suggests that these medications are less effective in a subset of these patients.

More than 50% of patients infected with the Ebola virus during the recent outbreak passed away as a result of the disease, according to a panel of independent experts that assessed the World Health Organization's (WHO) response to the Ebola crisis that began in West Africa in 2013.

Not only have researchers uncovered a key factor that drives neuropathic pain, they have also identified a strategy to reverse it.

Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) commonly experience joint pain. They are also at higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

With 5 grants totaling nearly $4 million, researchers will target deadly infectious diseases transmitted to humans via mosquitos.

Researchers have found a genetic cause for the increased coronary artery disease risk experienced by some patients with migraine; however, this relationship may be limited to those who suffer from a specific kind of migraine.

The toxins in the venom of a particular species of cone snail may hold the key to developing more effective pain treatments.