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A Japanese study suggests that parental bonding style during childhood is associated with the prevalence of chronic pain in adults in the general population and that the association is more robust for paternal bonding than for maternal bonding.

Three recent studies – in three very different publications – add to a growing cache of evidence showing that music can have significant benefits for patients with pain.

Patients suffering from psoriasis have a higher risk of developing arrhythmia – even after controlling for other risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Reproducing study results can be difficult in any scientific field, but a study in the journal Science showed that confirming research in psychology is particularly challenging.

While a common method used to treat low back pain may provide immediate relief, its effects do not extend for a substantial period of time, a new analysis has found.

Consistently using low-dose aspirin and non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could successfully diminish the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) – the third most common cancer in the US.

The US Food and Drug Administration last night announced it has approved evolocumab (Repatha/Amgen), an injectable drug for some patients who are unable to get their LDL cholesterol under control. Statins are a cheaper and generally effective treatment, but the new class of drugs is expected to help people who cannot tolerate them, for whom they do not work, and for people with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Researchers report that nearly one in four patients with hepatitis C are denied initial approval for treatment.

Yoga has shown to improve heart health and benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Even those with breast cancer have gotten in on the action. A new study in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides evidence that yoga offers progressive beneficial anti-stress benefits to members of a prison population.

A recent review in Chronic Wound Care Management and Research suggests that wound pruritus is not well understood and is often poorly treated, despite nearly a century of clinical investigation. Irritations of the skin can be as distressing for patients as pain, the authors noted; yet, there is no established treatment protocol for wound pruritus.

A new study in Nutrition Journal shows that patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) demonstrated significant improvement by taking fish oil supplements.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new glycemic control treatment for type 2 diabetes for adults, a combination product made of empagliflozin (Jardiance/ Boehringer Ingelheim) and metformin hydrochloride. It will be marketed as Synjardy in a joint venture with Eli Lilly.

A new review and meta-analysis finds that - despite the lack of drug-specific antidotes to arrest major bleeds - novel oral anticoagulants are associated with a lower risk of fatal bleeds than warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Mobility is great. Hypermobility? Less great. In the joints, hypermobility leads to musculoskeletal pain – and often times, lots of it. A recent review in the Journal of Pain Research outlined several of the challenges in treating generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) and found many difficult questions and few easy answers.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated labeling for rilpivirine, marketed under the name Edurant, for the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The changes have been made in the dosage and administration, warnings and precautions, adverse reactions, and clinical information sections.

Recent study results suggest Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) could be useful for adolescents with anxiety disorders along with standard treatment delivered in child and adolescent psychiatric clinics.

Researchers seek to determine whether depression subtype is an useful predictor of which medication regimen might be most effective in treating patients with those subtypes.

Researchers have found that infants as young as 6 months old reveal atypical sensorimotor development that can be associated with autism spectrum disorder at 24 months.

Study results suggest that longer exposure to methotrexate and other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs within the first year of diagnosis is associated with a significantly longer time to joint replacement surgery.

Not only have researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital discovered that common antidepressants can help treat neuropathy, but they also identified the gene associated with pain and depression.

Controlling depressive symptoms in patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis could affect disease outcomes, researchers suggest.

Study shows increased cardiovascular disease risk in RA. Screening and treatment recommended.

Children with multiple sclerosis (MS) with higher levels of physical activity have lower relapse rates, are less depressed, and suffer less fatigue, according to a study published on August 12, 2015 in Neurology.

Older spinal cord injury patients are less likely to get surgery than younger patients with the same injury, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Low vitamin D levels in otherwise healthy young women may increase their risk for depression, according to findings published in Psychiatry Research.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis may do better with subcutaneous methotrexate compared with oral dosing, according to findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Patients with multiple sclerosis experience decreased connectivity between brain regions leading to the cognitive changes that are a trademark of the disease, according to research published in Neuropsychology.

The debate over whether state Medicaid programs are violating federal law by restricting access to pricey new hepatitis-C drugs is getting hotter. The While House is under new pressure to step in.

Experts from the Public Health Service and President Obama's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS have asked the administration in a letter to widen access to new, high-cost medications that successfully treat hepatitis C.

A new cohort review in BMJ suggests that even light to moderate alcoholic consumption is associated with minimally increased risk of overall cancer. Earlier studies have made the link to increased risk of cancer (particularly colorectal, female breast, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, liver, and esophagus) for heavy consumption, but the news here is that even amounts less than 30 g/day have potential bearing on cancer risk.