Pain

The association between depression and low back pain may be explained, at least in part, by genetic factors affecting both conditions.

Treatments for women in pain must differ from men's treatment, and often is, according to a study by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

A team of investigators from the University of California (UC) Davis has discovered a compound that can potentially combat chronic pain by blocking key chemicals.

Phone call reminders to parents about their child's asthma medications improved adherence levels relative to typical care, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Cardiac biomarker testing is often used in emergency department visits even when there is no suspected symptom of acute coronary syndrome, according to research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Taking one final look at the pros and cons of urine drug testing for opioid risk mitigation.

A veteran in the field of medicine gets a bird's eye view of life from the patient's perspective

Researchers say "scrambler therapy" can be used to treat pediatric complex regional pain syndrome.

Rheumatoid arthritis pain has been alleviated in half of patients enrolled in a study which used an electrical implanted device to emit magnetic pulses at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Treating patients with migraines and psychiatric comorbidities can require a delicate balancing act of medications and other forms of therapy.

In many cases helping patients manage their migraine headaches can prove to be enough of a challenge. Adding psychiatric conditions to the diagnosis can further complicate the treatment process for doctors.

Patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency treated with pancreatin for up to one year experienced improvements in gastrointestinal symptoms and reduction in the severity of their recurrent pain.

Morphine was shown to cause respiratory problems in children with post-operative pain, though ibuprofen was a safe alternative.

Approximately 20% of women develop leiomyomas during their childbearing years. When these uterine fibroids cause excessive bleeding, pelvic pain, cramping, or painful intercourse, surgery is indicated. Hysterectomy is an appropriate choice for women who are done with childbearing, but for women with childbearing plans for the future, myomectomy is an option. However, hemorrhage is a common complication during myomectomy.

A review of painful diabetic neuropathy treatments concluded that, while there is no one true effective treatment for all forms of neuropathic pain, many options are still to be explored.

Methotrexate and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors may be associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and psoriasis, according to a meta analysis of previous studies.

The 5 percent lidocaine medicated plaster was efficacious and well tolerated in patients with localized neuropathic pain, according to findings published in the International Journal of General Medicine.

Testing urine samples from patients with the Zika virus was more effective than a serum sample test, according to researchers in New Caledonia.

Youth football season is just around the corner and as a new group of young football players prepare to strap on a helmet questions continue to be raised about the neurological safety of children playing the sport.

As electronic health records become more prevalent in the healthcare community, the number of software options doctors can choose from seems to range as widely as the practices themselves.

When opting for urine drug testing, doctors often choose between sending samples to a lab for examination or an immunoassay test.

The new formulation of Zohydro ER uses technology that provides abuse-deterrent properties without changing the release properties of hydrocodone when the medication is used properly.

This observational cohort study from New Zealand found that "gossipy" magazines are often subtly taken from your waiting room, while the "non-gossipy" magazines remain.

With so many changes in the health care industry, the days of doctors running solo practices in their hometowns seem to be ending as more physicians opt for employment with large health care systems.

Breast cancer patients who believed acupuncture would reduce their joint pain demonstrated significant pain reduction, no matter if they received real or placebo acupuncture.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients may get relief from a selective cannabinoid receptor agonist, according to findings published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Chronic lower back pain patients did not experience reduced time to first moderate pain in a treadmill test using pregabalin, according to a report published in Neurology.

Young baseball players experience alarming rates of arm pain and are often encouraged to play through it, according to findings published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) can exist with or without neuropathic pain. Roughly half of patients with types I and II diabetes mellitus (DM) develop DPN. In type 1 DM, patients start to notice symptoms of distal polyneuropathy after many years of chronic prolonged hyperglycemia. It's more aggressive in type 2 DM, and can develop after only a few years of known poor glycemic control and may be present at diagnosis.

Pfizer announced pregabalin controlled release was effective therapy in adult postherpetic neuralgia patients.