Anesthesiologists Urged to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
One of the nation’s largest groups of anesthesiologists has joined a growing list of medical organizations in urging its members to reduce the prescribing of…
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‘Smart’ Hydrogels Could Treat Pain
Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a “smart” hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand – which potentially could be used to treat…
Vitamin D Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain
Vitamin D supplements significantly reduced pain in fibromyalgia patients who had low levels of the vitamin in their blood, according to the results of a…
Plant Used in Chinese Medicine Helps Relieve Chronic Pain
A compound found in a plant used for centuries in China as a pain reliever may be effective in treating low-level chronic pain, according to…
Featured Pain Art: “Sticking Points”
Screws, rods, pins, needles, TENS, pills, band aids, crown of thorns, pills, chains, red, red, red. I have been in pain for 17 of my…
Can Pain Cause DNA Changes?
A new study on mice has raised the intriguing possibility that the fear of pain can be inherited by future generations through chemical changes in…
Half of Older Americans Live in Pain
Over half of older adults in the United States – nearly 19 million people – have bothersome pain that impairs their ability to walk and…
Brain Images Could Lead to ‘Personalized’ Pain Care
Brain imaging could someday be used to help develop new pain medicines and to personalize the treatment of chronic pain patients, according to a small…