Pain

Many pediatricians see the treatment of severe, chronic pain as the responsibility of other physicians, according to a new study in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

This 1-credit CME activity reviews the methodology of cancer pain management.

This continuing medical education activity focuses on evidence-based cancer pain management and emerging therapies.

The authors of this study determined that there is not enough data available on the management of cancer pain and the barriers that impact both delivery and receipt of adequate pain management.

This study examined the impact that radiation therapists can have on managing cancer patients' pain during treatment.

This clinical trial will evaluate the amount of pain that adult cancer patients feel, as well as how pain impacts their abilities to carry out daily activities.

This clinical trial will collect data about pain and fatigue management in patients with cancer, to be used later in improving quality of life for these patients.

This clinical trial will determine if a self-care pain management program will improve symptoms.

This professional resource focuses on helping pediatric cancer patients manage and cope with cancer pain.

Cancer patients looking for more information on dealing with cancer pain will find a great deal of information here.

This site provides information for cancer patients and their caregivers.

I frequently have patients ask me about using medical marijuana. Unfortunately, they are not the patients I think would benefit most from its use.

Children with behavioral disturbances are more likely to develop chronic wide spread pain as adults, according to a study to be featured in Rheumatology.

While the changes President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress are proposing are considerable (they could reduce the deficit within two decades), they aren't a government takeover.

The prevalence of abused children experiencing unexplained early development of gastrointestinal symptoms was the focus of a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine (March/April 2010).

The American Academy of Neurology's new guideline recommends that the drug quinine should be avoided for the treatment of routine muscle cramps "due to uncommon but serious side effects."

I think I'm rather opinionated, ok, very opinionated and also think that medicine, as noble a profession as it is, is in dire trouble. I offer my viewpoints and hope that others will read and agree with me, although I guess you get more popular if people disagree.

These resources for physicians describe Onsolis indications, administration, possible side effects, and efficacy.

The focus of this study is to determine whether training-induced changes to motor function after injury are due to reorganization of the motor cortex in patients with low back pain.

Women receiving aromatase inhibitors (AI) as an early breast cancer treatment may benefit from acupuncture to relieve painful joint aches, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Ted Eytan, MD, and Holly Potter, discussed the power of health IT and social media to improve the quality of healthcare.

A new hand-held device could deliver efficient pain relief for patients suffering from migraine with aura, according to an article featured in The Lancet Neurology.

Kathryn Kern-Stout, MD, MBA, discussed some of the challenges her institution had to overcome during the EHR selection and implementation process.

Myofascial pain syndrome is one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain. This investigation focuses on the effectiveness of three treatment options: miniscalpel-needle release (MSN), acupuncture needling and self neck-stretching exercises.

A study will serve as the basis for a national neuropathic pain database.

Mrunal Shah, MD, ABFM, discussed his large integrated health system's experiences with implementing a system-wide electronic record.

New research suggests that many parents worry that their children will suffer from uncontrollable pain, underscoring the importance of managing patients' pain, and of communicating with parents about the tools available for easing progressive pain.

We've entered a new arena of horror where our Richter scale, for the first time, doesn't seem to reach high enough, and adjectives are crumbling under the impact. "Devastation" or "catastrophe"? None of the usual descriptors feel powerful enough.

Fewer than half of individuals who have non-specific chest pain experience relief from symptoms following standard medical care.

Dr. Croke had a short interview with a young Haitian doctor about the earthquake.