Overcoming opioid addiction is possible, but challenging savita thakur thakur28 May 2016 3:54 PM ISTA team of researchers has recently surveyed patients to understand barriers to reducing the use of opioids to manage chronic pain.Millions of...
Painkillers may extend duration of chronic pain savita thakur thakur1 Jun 2016 4:11 PM ISTShort-term decision to take painkillers can have devastating consequences of making pain worse and longer lastingThe short-term decision to take...
Nearly half of British population living with chronic pain supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:59 PM ISTLondon : A large section of the population in Britain 43 per cent is living with chronic pain, a major cause of disability and distress, says a new...
Long Term Opioids May Not Be Best Pain Management Option for All Sickle Cell Patients supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:57 PM ISTIn a small study looking at pain assessments in adults with sickle cell disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins says overall, those treated long-term...
Why chronic pain risk may run in families supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 9:52 AM ISTNew York : Genetics, effects on early development and social learning are some factors that can increase the risk of chronic pain transmitting from...
CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap18 July 2016 2:33 PM ISTPrevention, assessment, and treatment of chronic pain are challenges for health providers and systems. Pain might go unrecognized, and patients,...
Millions of osteoporosis patients remain undiagnosed and untreated: Study supriya kashyap kashyap11 Oct 2016 9:18 AM ISTWashington : As per a recent research, approximately 80% of those who have already suffered a broken bone due to osteoporosis, remain unprotected...
Cause of phantom limb pain in amputees, and potential treatment, identified supriya kashyap kashyap29 Oct 2016 11:33 AM ISTResearchers have identified the cause of chronic, and currently untreatable, pain in those with amputations and severe nerve damage, as well as a...
Acupuncture boosts effectiveness of standard medical care for chronic pain, depression supriya kashyap kashyap1 Feb 2017 9:00 AM ISTHealth specialists at the University of York have found than acupuncture treatment can boost the effectiveness of standard medical care, lessening the...
Management of chronic pain in survivors of adult cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline supriya kashyap kashyap28 Feb 2017 9:15 AM ISTChronic pain is pain that lasts a long time. In medicine, the distinction between acute and chronic pain is sometimes determined by an arbitrary...
Pain management for blunt thoracic trauma: Guideline supriya kashyap kashyap4 May 2017 11:44 AM ISTPain management, pain medicine, pain control or algiatry, is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and...
Doctors Note- Half of adults with anxiety or depression report chronic pain Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Jun 2017 4:41 PM ISTIn a survey of adults with anxiety or a mood disorder like depression or bipolar disorder, about half reported experiencing chronic pain, according to...
