Pain

Study shows that reducing the amount of opioids doesn't result in more pain.

Acupuncture might help infantile colic when removing cow's milk doesn't.

Using yoga for lower back pain relief may be a case of trial-and-error.

Heart disease risk factors, not occupation, were linked to shoulder pain.

It might be time to retire the belief that bad weather is hurting joint pain even more.

The FDA approved a morphine sulfate extended-release tablet (Arymo ER/Egalet) to treat severe pain needing “daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment".

Study results on the link between vitamin D and headache have a history of being ambiguous, but new research found more conclusive findings.

Deeming Xaracoll to be a drug/device combination, the Food and Drug Administration notified Innocoll yesterday that it would not be going forward with the New Drug Application they had filed for the product in October.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from December—did you read them all?

Between daily news and conferences around the country, it was a busy year in fibromyalgia research.

Electric shocks, hot tea, and cryogenic freeze are just a few of the topics that came up in 2016 during the constant search to better understand and treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Patients said that it can be difficult to identify opportunities to participate in research, and all groups agreed that a “language gap” exists between researchers and patients.

There are five different tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors available for the treatment of RA. Researchers say that despite showing similar efficacy, they differ in molecular structures and signaling disruption.

When invited guests at holiday gatherings include those struggling with substance abuse, what's a host or hostess to do?

“Assuming causality, this would mean that approximately 16.2% of hearing loss occurring in these women could be due to ibuprofen or acetaminophen use,” said Gary Curhan, MD, SCD.

Employment status can be very telling for opioid and stimulant misuse odds, said researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from November – did you read them all?

As the field of medical ethics continues to expand, its use can be seen in everything from general medical conditions to end of life considerations.

As more men and women who served their country come home their skills can be put to good use in the medical community. Finding those veterans and reservists and getting them the training they need can make all the difference in their life out of uniform.

While medics and corpsmen in the military do similar jobs to what nurses do in civilian practice, those skills do not translate into certification when they leave the service.

When veterans, including medics and corpsmen come back from serving overseas their medical skills do not automatically translate into certification. Colleges and Universities are developing programs to help them and also reservists earn their bachelor of science in nursing degrees.

Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco examined patients with specific back conditions and assessed the ways in which surgery helped them with their sex lives.

“This is a subset of the RA population that we should probably give intensive treatment to," Dr. Harrold says of RA patients diagnosed with certain prognosis factors. "Not only clinical adverse sequelae, but also in their social environment, like being able to work or function.”

Alternative therapies such as probiotics and synbiotics may be viable options for patients with irritable bowel disorders, according to findings published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Asked to assume equal cost-effectiveness, the patients were given eight facets of treatment and asked to rank them between 1 and 8, with 1 being the most important to them and 8 being the least.

When patients leave the waiting room of their provider, their concerns can go with them. With the help of social media channels like Facebook and Twitter, those concerns can be addressed while information is shared in a new and effective manner.

A new study out of Ireland examined the prevalence of extra-articular manifestations in axial spondyloarthritis, and found that women were at significantly higher risk for inflammatory bowel disease and uveitis than men.

By a wide margin, Colorado voters approved a measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide.

While some Americans cheer and others sulk at the outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election (spoiler: Donald Trump is our new POTUS), others are just as interested in the various state ballot initiatives focused on marijuana.

A single-center cross-sectional study has found elevated rates of fibromyalgia in patients with various forms of arthritis, including psoriatic arthritis. It joins previous studies that observed that the two painful conditions sometimes coincide.