Pain

A study has demonstrated improvements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who took part in exercise and/ or nutritional interventions.

A new poll from the National Sleep Foundation reveals that pain joins two related concerns -- stress and poor health -- as key correlates of shorter sleep duration and worse sleep quality.

Although a lot of information about whiplash remains an ongoing investigation, special imaging has given researchers the ability to predict future chronic pain in victims earlier than ever.

Joint Health has become an important issue in healthcare, and while there have been no reported adverse events with them they have not been widely accepted by the medical community.

With a mix of elderly and active people filling out the population joint health can be an important part of everyday life. Recent studies have shown that certain supplements can help keep joints healthy for these people and beyond.

A stepped-care intervention studied by researchers from the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine appears to statistically significantly improve pain-related disability among veterans of recent military operations.

Between relieving pain and speeding up recovery time after spinal surgery, a new study found various benefits associated with phone counseling.

What is currently considered to be the "gold standard" for post-shoulder surgery pain management may not be as effective as what once was believed.

After studying the reasons for evacuation from theater, between 2004 to 2007, Steven P. Cohen, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, found that the number one reason each year revolved around muscular skeletal injuries.

As the use of long-term opioid therapy to treat chronic pain continues to be a hotly debated topic, a new study in PAIN analyzed the extent to which patients misuse their medications and the risk of addiction associated with these behaviors.

The pain that typically accompanies osteoarthritis may be associated with excess mortality among middle-aged women, British scientists reported.

The US had been found to have a higher percentage of opioid use than in any other country.

Although the relationship between pain and spatial representation is unclear, a study published in Current Biology took steps in understanding how pain is activated in the brain and raised the possibility of reducing the sensation.

Working in an emergency room setting in the United States, in almost all circumstances provides doctors with at least most of the major needs they require to do their jobs on a daily basis. One organization is working to bring those basic needs to hospitals throughout Latin America.

The field of medical technology is constantly expanding and changing requiring new equipment to be used in a variety of ways. That effort has been brought under one roof at Massachusetts General Hospital thanks in part to the efforts of one generous and appreciative patient.

When it comes to a total knee replacement (TKR), gender proved to be an important factor in a new study that shows men have better function before and after the surgery.

Critically ill patients with acute gouty arthritis who cannot be treated with standard therapy responded well to treatment with anakinra in a recent study.

Superficial fat necrosis is a rare complication of insulin injections that can manifest with severe, persistent, and well-localized pain.

A drug targeting a bioactive lipid linked to neuropathic pain is pending FDA approval to begin a phase 1 clinical trial.

The number of abuse, addiction, and opioid poisoning diagnoses has decreased since the introduction of reformulated OxyContin, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 31st Annual Meeting.

Data presented at AAPM 2015 show that moving hydrocodone from Schedule III to Schedule II has led to reduced access to combination hydrocodone medications and other hardships for patients.

The reporting of PCI results is not a common practice for many reasons, and while some states require it of their doctors, there could be both medical and political barriers standing in the way of it becoming a nationwide program.

With New York and Massachusetts leading the way laws requiring public reporting of PCI results were recently expanded to Washington State as well. A recent study looked at the risks and benefits of other states starting similar programs.

Countless debates have concluded the practice of pain management to be fragmented compared with other disciplines.

A review published online in Respiratory Research on March 7 proposed a 5-step approach aimed at preventing fractures in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Researchers from Indiana University recently reported on a marijuana-based alternate for managing chemotherapy-induced neuropathy that demonstrated sustained efficacy without the tolerance, physical withdrawal, and side effects seen with traditionally used medical marijuana.

Electrical pulses targeting the dorsal column were effective in treating Parkinson's disease-like symptoms in mice.

Patient care continues to make dramatic changes including the way information is shared not only between doctors and patients, but also other doctors treating the same people. Technology making that happen continues to evolve as well.

The medical marijuana program in Connecticut will expand to cover several additional conditions, including psoriatic arthritis.

The special interest group on neuropathic pain revised a previous systematic review and meta-analysis of the oral and topical agents to be used for neuropathic pain in adults.